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A ‘Fly on the Wall’: The West Virginian Who Chronicled State History for Five Administrations
Name a significant event in West Virginia over the last three decades. There’s a good chance Steven Rotsch…
There is More Than One Religious View on Abortion – Here’s What Jewish Texts Say
Alabama’s governor signed a bill this week that criminalizes nearly all abortions, threatening providers with a felony conviction…
Alabama Senator to the IRS: Stop Picking on the South
Why are the rural poor audited more frequently than other groups, he asks, citing ProPublica. Another Democratic senator…
“One Drop” — Reckoning With the Erasure of Native Identity in Appalachia
The classical stereotype of the Native American is a tired and worn cliché: a dark-skinned, “noble savage” on…
The Problem with Expecting God and an Elegy to ‘Bridge the Divide’
“I know we can’t bridge it, but how do we help make it better?” That’s how journalist Salena…
Roger May: Despite turbulent times, ‘I couldn’t not come back’ home to West Virginia
I moved back home to West Virginia at the end of January this year. It was a tumultuous…