The United States has reached a devastating milestone: We’ve lost more Americans to COVID-19 than we lost to the influenza pandemic of 1918. As of this writing, […]
Opinion
Thank you for supporting schools
In case you haven’t heard the good news, the excess levy for Monongalia County schools passed. When we spoke to Nancy Walker before the special election, she […]
Airports to passengers: Do it yourself
by Nicholas Goldberg Workers have been losing their jobs to machines in the name of productivity and efficiency since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the […]
It’s easy to see why they consider books dangerous
Here’s what happened when Ruby Bridges went to school in 1960. Four federal marshals escorted her. She walked through a mob of outraged white people. They called […]
Why does it matter if Narcan is ‘free’ if it saves someone’s life?
It started out as a picture of a sign — the kind that churches and fast food places have outside, where you place individual letter cards to […]
Guest essay: Don’t chop up counties when redistricting
by Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer Our state constitution uses mandatory language to spell out how redistricting is to be conducted. In Article 1, section 4 and Article […]
Destroying America
There are forces that wish to destroy America. Some of them are visible and some are stealth. The visible forces include terrorists and certain nation states like […]
Texas situation puts spotlight on immigration
The gut-wrenching images of thousands of migrants, many from Haiti, camped under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, and their treatment by federal agents on horseback […]
Harmful myths that perpetuated slavery
by K. Ward Cummings Much has been written about how hard it was to be enslaved in America, but comparatively little has been said about the demands […]
An idea whose time has come: the four-day workweek
by Leah Hancock The four-day workweek’s moment has arrived. With California Congressman Mark Takano’s introduction of legislation to reduce the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours, […]