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April 13, 2017
Scott Pruitt Chose the Wrong Coal Mine for His Big Speech About Reviving Coal
The EPA head is visiting a Pennsylvania mine owned by a company that wants to get out of the coal business altogether.
March 18, 2017
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless White Mind
Bernie Sanders's town hall in “Trump Country” revealed a longing for a past that never was.
March 10, 2017
West Virginia is rightly blaming drug companies for its spiraling opioid epidemic.
October 12, 2016
In West Virginia, even Democrats love Trump.
August 22, 2016
Donald Trump isn’t the only presidential candidate struggling to win endorsements from his party.
May 10, 2016
Why Hillary Clinton Can’t Win in Coal Country
In West Virginia, Donald Trump is being hailed as the savior of coal jobs—while Clinton’s realism is dooming her.
April 6, 2016
This devastating video distills the human impact of coal accidents.
April 6, 2016
A coal executive is going to jail over West Virginia mine disaster.
February 24, 2014
In Conservative West Virginia, Clean Water Trumps Government Overreach
February 7, 2014
A Power Plant Spilled Coal Into a North Carolina River, and No One Knows What to Believe
January 22, 2014
West Virginia Can't Get Its Story Straight on the Chemical Spill
January 14, 2014
House GOP Assails Clean Water Act as West Virginians Go Without Clean Water
January 14, 2014
Did John Boehner Take Money from the Company Behind the West Virginia Spill?
January 14, 2014
Why So Many West Virginians Relied on Water from the Elk River: Industry Already Polluted the Others
July 10, 2013
A Hard Film to Swallow
The anti-drug documentary that West Virginians refuse to watch
January 14, 2013
The Democrats' 2016 Contenders Are Betting on Gun Control
January 12, 2013
Jay Rockefeller's Retirement Isn't As Bad For Democrats As You Think
December 17, 2012
Gun Politics Can Change. They Have Before.
December 14, 2012
The Politics of Gun Control Have Changed, But Will Democrats Notice?
December 3, 2012
Are Republicans Already Blowing the Next Election?

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