MORGANTOWN — The tangled world of generic pharmaceuticals took another twist last week, as Mylan Pharmaceuticals filed suit in federal court against Israel-based Teva, alleging Teva illegally schemed to stifle […]
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Freedom Day
Freedom Day at Mylan Park offered families with kids a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities on Saturday. “After COVID we really wanted to give the community a big […]
LGBTQ+ groups provide support and raise awareness
Several area LGBTQ+ organizations strive to prevent discrimination as well as provide support, resources and a sense of belonging to members of the LGBTQ+ community who choose to use and […]
Writing it down: Social worker pens book as a reverse-retirement gift to her clients
In the annals of human experience and human interaction, consider … the cheeseburger. Not the kind you grab at the drive-thru, and certainly not the ones wrapped in cellophane you […]
Celebrate the good; recognize the bad
“Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but […]
July 4 letters to the editor
Elementary students need to wear masks For the past 15 months, West Virginians have banded together to drive our COVID-19 infection and death rates down. We have been successful: The […]
Guest essay: Housing crisis needs a federal solution
by Joanna DiStefano Housing is expensive in Morgantown. Whether you’re renting or paying a mortgage or currently unhoused, unaffordability is a fact of life for most people who live here. […]
Guest essay: Taxes: What they are and how they work
by Charles Davisson Government runs on money! Our governments provide us with all kinds of services, from national defense to elementary schools. Mostly, they fund these services with taxes. For […]
America’s empathy problem — and what to do about it
by Herb Cromwell A dictionary definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s not the same as sympathy. As memoirist Rebecca O’Donnell puts […]
Bill Cosby was freed from prison. I’m shocked. I’m angry. But also a little happy
by Jenice Armstrong I’m so conflicted. I hate to admit it, but it’s true. Part of me is secretly happy that Bill Cosby is out of prison. He’s so old […]
