by Hannah McCune Most West Virginians consider themselves good neighbors, hard workers, family-oriented and overall warm and welcoming folks. Despite this good nature, West Virginia ranked lowest on a scale […]
Tag: discrimination
Pa. school district sued for treatment of LGBT+ students
The Central Bucks School District is one of the wealthiest school systems in Pennsylvania. That will come in handy since the district is paying a lawyer $940 an hour to […]
GOP’s war on LGBTQ kids echoes 1930s Germany
by Will Bunch I’ve been meaning to write a column on the growing threat — and reality — of violence to America’s LGBTQ community posed by right-wing rhetoric and politics, […]
When GOP adopts Russia’s playbook
by Kurt Bardella The Republican Party has a clear vision for the future of the United States: one that’s white, Christian and fundamentally opposed to Western ideals of pluralism. These […]
Former employee suing WVU for racial, disability discrimination
A lawsuit filed in the Monongalia County Circuit Court this week by a former Black employee alleges racial discrimination and harassment against the West Virginia University Board of Governors and […]
Former employee suing City of Morgantown for gender discrimination
A former employee filed a lawsuit last week against the City of Morgantown and a Public Works supervisor citing gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. According to the […]
Lawsuit alleges wrongful termination by MUB
MORGANTOWN — A lawsuit filed earlier this month in Monongalia County Circuit Court naming the Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) as the defendant, claims a former employee was wrongfully terminated and […]
Poitier was the only one we had
These days, we have Denzel Washington. We have Viola Davis, Kevin Hart and Jamie Foxx. We have Octavia Spencer, Regina King and Samuel L. Jackson. We have Idris Elba, Lupita […]
Former MECCA 911 employee cites whistleblower law in lawsuit against county
MORGANTOWN — A lawsuit filed this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court accuses MECCA 911 supervisors of bullying an openly gay employee and making racially insensitive and sexually inappropriate comments — […]
The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
by Ramesh Ponnuru “It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to New Hampshire. We […]
