GRANT TOWN — Michael Whitten’s dad didn’t get rich from coal. While the Boone County miner was able to make an adequate living for his family during […]
Tag: protest
Anti-boycott laws violate our rights
The documentary “Boycott” will make its big screen debut later this month. The film follows several plaintiffs from different backgrounds pushing back against anti-boycott bills passed in […]
Group wants metal detectors at MHS in response to threats
When Brandie Miles was a high school student back in Waldorf, Md., she passed through a metal detector every day on her way to class. She didn’t […]
If Rittenhouse had stayed home, two men would be alive
For weeks, the nation’s attention was on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for the deaths of two protestors in Kenosha, Wis., and the wounding of a third. […]
An early ‘Occupy’ episode: Boom, bust and working-class protests
by James Haught The terrible Great Depression of the 1930s wasn’t America’s only economic crash. Various lesser ones happened through the 1800s, almost in a 20-year cycle, […]
Masks, mandates & individual choices
Sign-wielders on Patteson Drive. Angry parents at school board meetings. “Karens” berating store employees, as seen on social media or in real life. They all have something […]
Protect right to assemble by preserving listening
by Gene Policinski Two of the least-known freedoms protected by the First Amendment — the rights of assembly and petition — are being tested in today’s rancorous, […]
Mask protest in Preston Co.
KINGWOOD — Not all Preston County parents agree with the current school mask mandate. Roughly 20 parents, some with their children, protested the mandate Friday. They stood […]
Health care workers protest vaccination mandates
MORGANTOWN—Dozens of protestors lined Patteson Drive Saturday in response to the growing number of health care systems announcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees. Vaccination mandates throughout the […]
‘Who here doesn’t need clean water?’ Sierra Club and others implore Capito to vote for $3 trillion infrastructure package
It didn’t take Betsy Lawson long to gather the orange rocks she brought with her to the rally Thursday afternoon. Same for the water of that same […]
