Mid-Ohio Valley Group Blends Religion, Politics to Affect Policy in Ohio and West Virginia

Quietly, over the past 15 years, small group Bible-study-style gatherings near Parkersburg, W.Va. have formed the foundation for a movement that punches above its weight in terms of political influence. 

Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources. 

In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been taken from them.

Day One: The Inauguration

On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout follows an election where Trump made notable inroads with many […]

100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux

We need the world to hear us when we say firmly: This moment is about so much more than the rise of Trump.

Mid-Ohio Valley Group Blends Religion, Politics to Affect Policy in Ohio and West Virginia

Quietly, over the past 15 years, small group Bible-study-style gatherings near Parkersburg, W.Va. have formed the foundation for a movement that punches above its weight in terms of political influence. 

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Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources. 

Read More

In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been taken from them.

Read More

Day One: The Inauguration

On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout […]

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Cheat Canyon in West Virginia. Photo: Jesse Wright/100 Days in Appalachia

100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux

We need the world to hear us when we say firmly: This moment is about so much more than the rise of Trump.

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100 Days in Appalachia

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Appalachia: You can’t get there from here

There are many competing and overlapping definitions of Appalachia. In the larger U.S. culture, the one birthed by local color […]

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A community college president shares 10 things to do in the first 100 days

Dr. L. Marshall Washington, 47, is president of the New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, West Virginia. Washington […]

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Black Lung benefits could be at risk for thousands of miners under ACA repeal

At the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinic in Scarbro, West Virginia, oxygen tubes dangle from the noses of three miners slowly pedaling […]

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