West Virginia

'A Battle Cry From Appalachia': Progressive Paula Jean Swearengin Wins US Senate Primary in West Virginia

Paula Jean Swearengin won West Viriginia's Democratic primary race for a U.S. Senate seat on June 9, 2020.

Bolstered by People-Powered 'WV Can't Wait' Campaign, Gubernatorial Hopeful Stephen Smith Proposes First State-Level Wealth Tax

Julia Conley, staff writer

A victory by Smith "would deliver a roadmap for how to organize in rural towns thought to be lost to the right wing forever," wrote journalist David Dayen.

After Sanders Says West Virginia Working-Class Base Will Support Bold Vision, Manchin Says His Vote "Wouldn't Be Bernie" in Head-to-Head With Trump

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participates during the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign.

"Just imagine the anger directed at the Bernie camp if a lawmaker supporting...

'Absolutely Disgusting': West Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Teacher Strikes

Jake Johnson, staff writer

The Republican measure was condemned as "pure retribution" for the mass teacher...

Delayed and Over Budget Fracked Gas Pipeline Faces 'Triple Threat,' New Briefing Warns Investors

Flooding State Capitol, West Virginia Teachers Save Public Education From Privatization Scheme

Report on President's Environmental Record 'Reminds Us That Trump Soap Opera Has Dire Real-World Consequences'

Extremist Anti-Choice Laws Pass in Two States While Oregon Voters Reject Attempt to Curb Abortion Rights for Low-Income Women

Women Arrested for Occupying Manchin's Office After Demanding Senator 'Vote with West Virginia Women' and Oppose Kavanaugh

Trump's Coal-Friendly EPA Rule Decried as 'Sheer Reckless Folly' and 'All-Out Assault on Our Climate and Communities'

"You're the One Creating the 'Bad' Schools": Nation's Top Teachers Denounce Devos During Closed-Door Session

Group Beloved by Betsy Devos and Koch Brothers Launches Counter-Attack Against Teacher Rebellion

As Teacher Rebellion Catches Fire, Oklahoma's GOP Governor Dismisses Educators as Spoiled Children

Teacher Rebellion Grows as Tens of Thousands Rally in Oklahoma

#StandWithTeachers: Wave of Red State Protests Against Low Salaries and School Funding Comes to Kentucky

WV Teachers Chant 'Put It in Writing' as Lawmakers Reach Pay Raise Deal

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Less Than Tyrannical Feds Fine Freedom Industries Whopping $11,000 For Poisoning Water of 300,000 People, Because Freedom

The over-reaching, over-regulating, money-grubbing feds at OSHA have fined Freedom Industries an exorbitant $11,000 for last January's massive spill of coal cleaning chemicals that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe water, one in five people with health problems and local businesses down about $61 million. Oh yes, and the "clean-up" site is still leaking - twice last month - but Freedom, which has conveniently declared "bankruptcy," says it's only because of "heavy rain" and who could've...