Miner Change: Trump’s Big Talk On Coal Brings Small Change in First Year

By Becca Schimmel / January 22, 2018

Donald Trump loves coal. He campaigned on a promise to […]

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“It’s going to take resoluteness”: Elizabeth Sanders on uprooting white supremacy in Central Appalachia and beyond

By Rachel Garringer / January 22, 2018

 Note: This piece was originally published in Scalawag, a magazine […]

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Remembering the River People

By Mike Costello / January 21, 2018

Looking back, four years after the 2014 Elk River chemical […]

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Civil Rights and the All Mighty Economy

By Nick Mullins / January 20, 2018

When I attended Clintwood High School throughout the mid-’90s, there […]

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Swallowing Us Whole: New Regulations on Predatory Lending Felt in Appalachia

By Rachel Bryan / January 15, 2018

In the Borderlands of Appalachia With a population of 494 […]

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West Virginia Sees Increase in ‘Family’ Sex Trafficking Related to Opioid Epidemic

By Kara Lofton / January 14, 2018

West Virginia’s drug epidemic may be leading to increases in […]

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Who’s That on Your Right?

By Jan Pytalski / January 12, 2018

“We are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it […]

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‘You’re Watching Your Time Run Out’ — What the End of DACA Means for ‘Dreamers’ in WV

By Roxy Todd / January 10, 2018

Democrats and Republicans say they want to pass immigration reform […]

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West Virginia Jails Are in Crisis — What Should We Do?

By Scott Finn / January 8, 2018

How bad is the staffing crisis in West Virginia’s jails […]

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