Why teachers are adopting a more militant politics

It wasn't so long ago that teachers' strikes were considered problematic. Then Trump came along.

Don Blankenship is one of the most hated men in West Virginia. Thanks to the president, he could be the state's next senator.

How gun culture and radical politics are combining to produce a new kind of zealot

Inspired by their counterparts in West Virginia, teachers in the Sooner State say they will walk out of classrooms if their demands aren’t met.

West Virginia's teachers ended their historic walkout in a deal with the state's Republican governor. But at what cost?

With the legislature blocking a pay raise, protesters are demanding more from the state’s dominant industries.

A teacher work stoppage has shuttered schools across the state—with ramifications for workers everywhere.

The Trump administration has successfully convinced West Virginians that they'll never have to give up on coal.

The EPA's first (and perhaps only) public hearing on repealing climate change regulations is taking place in "Trump Digs Coal" country.

A new Netflix documentary offers a ground-level look at the crisis engulfing one West Virginia town—through the eyes of the women working to save it.

Democrats from the Mountain State are a peculiar breed, conservative and beholden to coal operators. Richard Ojeda hopes to change that.

Stripped of the region’s coal and ravaged by drugs, the people of Appalachia are fighting to survive.

Joe Manchin is one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate. This activist wants to replace him.