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Activism is not a popularity contest

“He wears the clothes of a dissenter, but there’s a logo on his back.” — from “Damn It, Rose,” by Don Henley. When he died, Martin Luther King was likely the most hated man in America. This is a fact obscured by decades of veneration so intense that even conservatives now ...

PSALM exhibit shines light on impacts of landmines, cluster bombs

MORGANTOWN—Once every hour, someone is severely injured or killed by landmines left behind from wars long-since passed. Small enough to fit in his pocket, Perry Baltimore, president and executive director of the Marshall Legacy Institute, held one of these very landmines in the palm of ...

Heroes and history celebrated at city's MLK observance

Demarcus Bandy spoke authoritatively Monday afternoon as he helped Morgantown’s Community Coalition for Social Justice honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. “Structural and Systemic Racism and How to Build an Equitable Future” was the title of his talk. He delivered a 10-minute ...

Postcast 51 Year in Review – December 25, 2020

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Speakers to examine social justice issues

Peter Harvey kicks off series Oct. 7 WVU Today Protecting the rights of others, exposing discrimination through entertainment venues, sharing the anxiety of recovering from substance abuse disorder and recounting the personal experience of escaping a war-torn country through refugee ...