Cop fired and denied severance for not shooting suicidal man holding an...
Stephen Mader, a former police officer in Weirton, W.Va, was fired without severance because he decided not to shoot Ronald D. "R.J." Williams Jr, who had threatened to kill himself and was holding a...
View ArticleThe West Virginia Democrat candidate who was dragged away for calling out...
When Lissa Lucas stood up at a public meeting of the West Virginia legislature and read into the record the gas-industry campaign contributions that lawmakers had received prior to taking a favorable...
View ArticleCrowdfunding to help West Virginia's striking teachers
West Virginia's public school teachers have walked out en masse in a wildcat strike, demanding an end to decades of real-terms wage cuts that have left them among the poorest-paid teachers in America,...
View ArticleThousands of Oklahoma teachers, inspired by West Virginia, are planning a...
West Virginia's teachers across the state are participating in an unsanctioned wildcat strike with no end in sight -- thanks in part to the widespread support for their cause among West Virginians,...
View ArticleTeachers on four continents stage mass strikes
In the USA, there are tens of thousands of teachers in open rebellion, in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arizona, Kentucky, and things are heating up in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Colorado. Teachers...
View ArticleWest Virginia is contagious: mass teacher walkouts in Kentucky and Oklahoma
It's been brewing for weeks and now it's boiling over: Kentucky teachers are walking off the job en masse in statewide demonstrations triggered by dirty-tricking GOP state legislators who snuck a...
View ArticleTrump radicalized teachers, now Republicans are saying they won't vote for...
The teachers' rebellion is a global phenomenon, and though it's been brewing for a long time, the public was a lot more skeptical of teachers' demands when they were striking in Democratic strongholds...
View ArticleWest Virginia Senator laughed at the idea that hating on teachers would bite...
Robert Karnes is your basic knee-jerk reactionary West Virginia state senator who devoted his tenure in office to hating on unions, especially teachers, especially teachers who participated in the...
View ArticleBethesda reveals latest Fallout game
Bethesda released a teaser trailer for their next game in the Fallout series, Fallout 76, and man, I am so ready for it. Having been around to play Fallout Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics in the late...
View ArticleStriking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next?
2019 has seen a string of bold and successful teachers' strikes that built on last years' #RedForEd strikes: the new wave of strikes goes beyond paychecks and funding, though, and takes aim at charter...
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West Virginia GOP hangs a poster calling Rep. Ilhan Omar a terrorist in state...
It's West Virginia Republican Party Day at the state's Capitol and Republicans from all across the Mountain State have gathered in Charleston to promote their party's values. Vendors have set up tables...
View ArticleBig Chemical says higher pollution levels are safe in West Virginia because...
West Virginia Manufacturers Association (whose major member is Dow Chemical) wants to do something about the frequent "boil water" advisories in the state: specifically, they want to relax the...
View ArticleThat woman who got fired for comparing Michelle Obama to an ape is now going...
In 2016, Pamela Taylor lost her job as director of the Clay County (WV) Development Corporation when she posted a Facebook update that read, "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful,...
View ArticleIn an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free"...
The past couple years has seen a rise in prison profiteers who strike deals with state corrections departments to provide "free" tablets to prisoners (these being the flimsiest, cheapest, least...
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West Virginia approves anti-trans sports bill
West Virginia's Republican-led senate approved House Bill 3293 on Thursday afternoon with vote a of 18-15. Much like legislation passed in South Dakota, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, this bill...
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Here are 10 don'ts when traveling to West Virginia
Wolters World is a fun YouTube channel for people looking for (or fantasizing about) their next vacation, and "the don'ts" when visiting cities, states, and countries is one of their common video...
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West Virginia told an atheist to participate in Christian "programming" in...
A federal judge in West Virginia ruled this week that the state cannot force an atheist incarcerated there to attend religious programming to be eligible for parole. Andrew Miller was given a 1-to-10...
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Trump's defense lawyer extolls the diversity of West Virginia
In an interview with NPR, John Lauro, a lawyer defending the former President indicted for attempting to steal the 2020 election, mentioned their desire to move the trial from Washington D.C. to West...
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