Tag: West Virginia
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US...
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.
Decades of toxic pollution: New lawsuit targets Chemours for illegal PFAS...
West Virginia community fights back as Chemours’ PFAS pollution persists.
West Virginia lawmakers send ‘deadly’ abortion ban to GOP governor’s desk
The bill "bars abortion from implantation with narrow exceptions to save the pregnant person's life or in cases of rape or incest so long as the victim reports the crime."
West Virginians lead blockade of coal plant that made Manchin rich
West Virginia has seen some of the highest electricity rate increases in the nation. Its loyalty to coal is one reason for that.
High amounts of a toxic forever chemical found in bloodstreams of...
The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.
The billionaire governor who’s been sued dozens of times for millions...
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.
3 states pass anti-pipeline protest bills in two weeks
"While we are all paying attention to COVID-19 and the congressional stimulus packages, state legislatures are quietly passing fossil-fuel-backed anti-protest laws."
Governor approves firing entire class of cadets over Nazi salute photo
“This incident was completely unacceptable. Now, we must continue to move forward and work diligently to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.”
Organic farm in W. Va. imperiled by gas pipeline construction
“It goes beyond the financial. This property was our hope, our dream, our future, our children’s future."
‘GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children:’ West Virginia...
"This is how the GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children."
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.