West Virginia Democratic leaders demand action, compassion from Manchin. “The tactic of those who are making millions from the status quo is delay, delay, delay…”
WVDSEC Members, Leaders on Manchin Delaying Aid
New WVDP Leaders Demand Manchin Protect Roe
West Virginia Democratic leaders demand action from Manchin to save lives, saying the US Supreme Court decision “will disproportionately impact and harm low-income families and minorities. This decision will kill people.”
Poll: What policies would you dump?
What policies should a senator representing Appalachia push for? One notorious corporate senator demands subsidies for banks, not working people.
Build Back Better: $15K for the typical WV family
State-by-state analysis reveals that a typical WV family of four would save $15,800.
The HOLLER Heard ’round the World
That's what I thought I knew about Auburn, WV, from my research: there would be infrastructure issues. So I had expectations of what I'd probably hear. But sometimes your expectations are just WRONG.
The Opioid Abuse Epidemic in WV
You can't beat addiction with "put down the cookie" willpower.
My heritage is not a statue
My great-great-great grandmother, Virginia Jackson Marshall (1846 - 1938), was second cousin to Stonewall Jackson. As a member of this extended family of people, I can tell you what I'd prefer: Take the monument to Stonewall Jackson down.
Generations in the Hills and Hollers
Those who stand to make millions of dollars by driving out future generations have millions of rationalizations.
Frackers vs The Families of Ritchie County, WV
Antero dedicated more than a quarter of a billion building the dump near our drinking water intake. And now they want to argue that their financial interests outweigh the interests of public health and welfare: "Our profit is more important than your lives."
Seven Years Without Water
People are without water, and our representatives are blind to them.
Is a lack of potable, running water really something that citizens of the United States, folks who live right here in the richest country in the world, should be having to fight for, all alone?
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