by Dr. Clay Marsh Dear Students, COVID-19 has turned our world upside-down and limited many treasured parts of the West Virginia University experience. Safe, effective COVID vaccines are a game-changer, […]
Opinion
Guest essay: Strengthen our democracy. Deliver on the For the People Act
by Natalie Tennant The foundations of our democracy have been under attack in recent years. Some of these assaults have been overt, such as foreign meddling in elections and the […]
Biden must take action on PFAS
by Cathy Wusterbarth and Mike Shriberg With a deadly pandemic, an economic downturn, the climate crisis and an urgent need for racial and economic justice, President Joe Biden already has […]
FCC, restore limits to media ownership
The U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s wrongheaded decision to allow more media consolidation. This comes amid a crisis in local journalism, an epidemic of misinformation […]
Fatal flaw in Biden’s child tax credit
by Michael R. Strain Joe Biden hasn’t been in the White House for three months, so it’s way too soon to justify the claim that he has already joined the […]
George Floyd and the opioid crisis
by Lauren Trifunovich Courteney Ross, girlfriend to George Floyd, spoke through tears as she sat surrounded by a plexiglass divider in a courtroom April 1 during former Minneapolis police officer […]
Mon school board should reconsider dance-less prom
Whether the Monongalia County Board of Education meant it seriously or facetiously, the members may have been on to something when they floated the idea of letting prom-goers do the […]
GOP’s nasty breakup with big business
by Conor Sen Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s statement on Monday threatening corporations who get involved in political issues like Georgia’s recently-passed election law rings a bit hollow. After all, […]
Guest essay: Expand the Neighborhood Investment Program
by Patty Ryan Most people who don’t work in the nonprofit community in West Virginia are unfamiliar with the Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP). The NIP is a program of the […]
Voting is a right
Georgia’s new voting laws — many of which could rightfully be called voter suppression laws — have dominated national headlines recently. But West Virginia has its own questionable voting law […]
