by Hoda Katebi In recent days, protests have shaken the streets of Iran in response to the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died Sept. 16 after […]
Opinion
When will these Americans get the support they need?
by Karina Nicole González On Sept. 18, nearly five years to the day of Hurricane Maria, the force of Hurricane Fiona and a fragile power grid plunged Puerto Rico into […]
Disclosure of large sums of money to influence elections is imperative
Senate Republicans are bending over backward to block a bill that would tell the public who is giving large sums of money to groups that take out ads telling Americans […]
SCOTUS will decide if Andy Warhol broke the law, 37 years after the fact
by Nicholas Goldberg In 1981, rock ‘n’ roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, the Beatles and many others, stepped into her studio with the […]
Even under the sea, we can’t escape the racists
by Leonard Greene There goes the neighborhood. Never mind that the neighborhood is under the sea. It wasn’t enough that Black people had to integrate cities and towns and schools […]
COLUMN: Nothing can be exaggerated about how sour this football season is for WVU
MORGANTOWN — Before we even bother getting into the total debacle that was Texas’ 38-20 victory Saturday night against West Virginia at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, we take you […]
Is the Pride flag a political symbol?
We’ve been contemplating that question since Monongalia County Schools required staff across the county to remove the rainbow flag — and any other Pride symbols — from classrooms. And the […]
Oct. 2 letters to the editor
City needs lesson on working with DOH I spent most of last month traveling through the small towns and rural areas of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. On no occasion did […]
Guest essay: We’re all closer to being homeless than we think
by Shannon McNicholas This past week, a girl — maybe five or six — and her dad walked up to me in an alley occupied by a significant number of […]
Guest essay: Say yes to changing property taxes
by Woody Thrasher By voting for Amendment 2 on Nov. 8, you will provide a path for the Legislature to reduce your taxes. Voting for Amendment 2 would allow the […]
