Politics Archives — 100 Days in Appalachia

Does West Virginia Rank Sixth in the Nation in At-Risk Youth?

Woody Thrasher, a Republican who is challenging West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in the 2020 GOP primary, took to Twitter to call out the state’s level of at-risk...

Fact Check2 days ago

Is West Virginia Short of 20,000 Skilled Workers its Economy Needs?

Is West Virginia falling significantly behind in the job skills required for today’s economy? West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee said so in an address...

Fact Check2 days ago

Does China Burn Seven to Eight Times as Much Coal as the U.S.?

When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would spend $500 million on a Beyond Carbon initiative, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice joined energy industry representatives at...

Documenting Hate5 days ago

Three W.Va. Corrections Employees Fired, Others Suspended Following Nazi Salute Photo

This is a developing story originally published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and will be updated. West Virginia officials have announced that three individuals have been...

Accountability1 week ago

These Judges Can Have Less Training Than Barbers but Still Decide Thousands of Cases Each Year

South Carolina’s system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country, creating fertile ground for incompetence and corruption. Most aren’t lawyers, but their decisions...

Election 20201 week ago

Misinformation Efforts Over Kentucky Vote Could Be Playbook for 2020

False claims of misconduct in the race for governor in Kentucky are likely a precursor to the coming combat over the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential...

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Does West Virginia Rank Sixth in the Nation in At-Risk Youth?

Is West Virginia Short of 20,000 Skilled Workers its Economy Needs?

Does China Burn Seven to Eight Times as Much Coal as the U.S.?

Three W.Va. Corrections Employees Fired, Others Suspended Following Nazi Salute Photo

These Judges Can Have Less Training Than Barbers but Still Decide Thousands of Cases Each Year

Misinformation Efforts Over Kentucky Vote Could Be Playbook for 2020

Does West Virginia Rank Sixth in the Nation in At-Risk Youth?

On the Most Populated Ohio River Island, This Beekeeper Found a Way to Better Himself and His Community

Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung

While FDA Warns CBD Companies, Ohio Valley Industry Continues To Grow

Mountain Air: Youth Help Identify Causes Of Ohio Valley’s High Lung Disease Rates

Is West Virginia Short of 20,000 Skilled Workers its Economy Needs?

Wrestling with Rural Stereotypes (Instead of Pigs) on Television Could Bridge Our Political Divides

Does China Burn Seven to Eight Times as Much Coal as the U.S.?

Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

Coach Kellie: A Tiny West Virginia High School is Making Football History

Tell Us How You Feel: Sign Up for Survey on Digital Media

‘Tip Of the Spear’: As Customers Beg For Clean Water, Is a Crisis Looming In Appalachia?

Ken Burns’s ‘Country Music’ Does Little to Tell the Story of the Non-White, Non-Straight World of Country

The miner and the matriarch: Coal mining women of West Virginia

The Protesting Kentucky Coal Miners Who Stood Up and Stopped a Train

It’s Time to Stop Promoting the White, Working-Class Cliche of Country Music