West Virginia definitely needs to double down on coal: Each morning Tina Coleman turns her faucet, she waits to see what color the water will be when, or if, it flows out. Some days it’s blue or green — earthy tones that could be comforting...
West Virginia
Teachers John and Kerry Guerini of Fayetteville, West Virginia, hold signs at a rally at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Teachers.
Yesterday was so-called Giving Tuesday. So I want to ask you all a favor. Over the last 6 plus years, I have provided you with a lot of free labor.
On October 11, 1979, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the chemical company American Cyanamid $10,000 for coercing women workers into sterilization if they wanted to work in jobs where they would be exposed to lead and chemicals. This tiny fine for systemic...
This is a reburial site for the some of the unknown workers killed building the tunnel at Hawk's Nest in West Virginia. I've written about Hawk's Nest in the Labor.
West Virginia governor Jim Justice, once a Republican, then an opportunistic "Democrat," and now a Trumpist Republican, can go do anatomically impossible things to himself. Mr. Justice said he would.
Hamilton Nolan's tour of West Virginia's labor history and dying labor movement is well worth reading. If you believe that Bernie Sanders' vision of America can revive a leftist populist movement, you might be inspired, at least by the possibilities. I've discussed the major events...
Another day, another story of white coal mining Trump voters shocked that a billionaire con artist won't protect their health care.
I agree with nearly every point of this Cathy Kunkel piece in Jacobin about the decline of the Democratic Party in West Virginia. Kunkel is a West Virginia energy activist.
We had a good discussion last night over what to do about Joe Manchin. It's worth noting in context of that conversation that the other statewide elected Democrat, Governor Jim Justice, is the type of Democrat who zeroes out state funding of public television and...
The answer to that question is of course multifaceted. But one part of the answer is, not surprisingly, the drug companies who profit handsomely by flooding the nation with opioids..
So you might think that a West Virginia coal miner turned strident anti-coal activist would support the one candidate who might do something about climate change and who would follow.