by Ash Orr During the 2023 West Virginia legislative session, more than 12 bills opposing LGBTQ+ rights were proposed, with a specific focus on the transgender community. Two of these […]
Opinion
The complex, misunderstood problem of absent fathers
by Antonio Garcia, Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa and David Cozart With Father’s Day upon us, many of us will take a moment today to show our appreciation to our dads. But […]
Celebrate W.Va.’s birthday with music, food and fun downtown
It’s not a birthday without a party. And since West Virginia’s 160th birthday falls on a Tuesday this year, Morgantown is celebrating a little early with a big party downtown, […]
Follow Australia’s lead. Make Google, Meta pay for news they profit from
by Rod Sims and Anya Schiffrin The California Assembly recently voted in favor of journalism by supporting the proposed California Journalism Preservation Act (Assembly Bill 886), which would require social […]
Who deserves welfare? That’s the wrong question
by Kathryn Anne Edwards The latest deal to avert a U.S. government default, with its new work requirements for welfare programs, illustrates a fundamental flaw in America’s social safety net: […]
From mountains to Mars: W.Va.’s brightest stars
Shooting for the stars West Virginia University’s robotics team is out of this world — almost literally. Team Mountaineers faced off against dozens of teams from 10 countries to take […]
Sizing up Ukraine’s counteroffensiveis difficult in the fog of war
by Daniel DePetris After months of speculation about when Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive will begin, we now have an answer: right now. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, many of them […]
A threadbare democracy
The story goes that in the closing days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin whether the participants had decided upon a republic or a monarchy. […]
Will we ever truly know the depth of pandemic fraud?
The late American satirist P.J. O’Rourke once cracked that “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” The $32 trillion national debt […]
Why the Supreme Court decision on voting rights is such a shock
by Erwin Chemerinsky After a decade of weakening federal protection of voting rights, the Supreme Court last Thursday reaffirmed that the Voting Rights Act prevents racial discrimination in drawing election […]
