West Virginia Republican Party Day or “GOP Day” at the Capitol on Friday, March 1, took an abrupt turn when the display of a poster in the rotunda connecting Muslim Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 led to one person resigning […]
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As Charlottesville Murder Trial Begins, Data Shows Hate on the Rise in Appalachia
On August 12, 2017, 32-year-old Heather Heyer stood in a crowd of people who gathered to protest a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the outskirts of Appalachia. At around 1:40 that afternoon, a car drove into the crowd, killing Heyer and injuring at least a dozen others. The […]
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