MORGANTOWN — When you hear someone’s story, you begin to love them. That’s from Fred Rogers, who was known as “Mister Rogers” during his celebrated run as a children’s show host on public television. It’s also the paraphrased quote that author, illustrator and WVU ...
Life lessons from Saul Radman & Daniel’s I read about Saul Radman’s passing with many memories. At the age of 14, when my family moved from the farm to the south side of town, my mother decided I shouldn’t spend my summer break idly. She knew Saul from buying my dad ...
Even before concerted efforts to stifle education and conversations around slavery and racism, we were often presented with a limited picture of Black history: The long, vast, varied history of people classified as the singular monolith of their skin color — distilled and oversimplified ...
by Andrew Moss Since the presidency of Donald Trump, our growing preoccupation with deceptive forms of political communication can be charted in the way that terms like “Big Lie,” “election denialism,” “conspiracy theory,” “disinformation,” and “propaganda” have ...
The 40th anniversary of MLK Jr. Day As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, we once again honor the many contributions of Dr. King in the journey toward ending racial discrimination in this country. Among Dr. King’s many significant ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that was originally published July 4, 2021. “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 in striving that our ...