Violent right-wing radicals come from every corner of the U.S., says Anti Defamation League researcher. What they have in common is that they are “extreme Trumpists.” Credit: The Daily Yonder Extremists like those who stormed the Capitol on January 6 are no more likely to be from small towns or […]
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It’s no secret that rural and urban people have grown apart culturally and economically in recent years. A quick glance at the media – especially social media – confirms an ideological gap has also widened. City folks have long been detached from rural conditions. Even in the 1700s, urbanites labeled […]
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2020 presented new levels of outrage over police killings of Black and Brown people in this nation. Police killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor which prompted protests, marches and rallies to denounce racially motivated police brutality. A Black Lives Matter march in Kingwood, West Virginia set up a flash point […]
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Defending plans to reopen schools at the deadliest, most infectious period of this pandemic yet, some officials have invoked the right to education in their state constitutions. A West Virginia Department of Education spokesperson recently remarked that the inequities of remote learning are “a derogation of the right to a […]
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On January 6, a violent mob of Pro-Trump supporters and far right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol as members of Congress were meeting to accept the 2020 Presidential Election results. In the days following, national media have attempted to make sense of the events for you, members of the public. […]
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If the flimsy myths propping up Trumpism were pillars, the one that fell the hardest in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol was that of the “law and order” presidency. In defiance of both logic and the president’s rhetoric, thousands of his supporters ran lawless and unchecked into the […]
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