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West Virginia
August 3, 2017
Sarah Jones
Of course Jim Justice is turning Republican.
June 1, 2017
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Sarah Jones
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Espen Rasmussen
The War On Hillbillies
Stripped of the region’s coal and ravaged by drugs, the people of Appalachia are fighting to survive.
May 19, 2017
Sarah Jones
“It’s Time For West Virginia To Rise Up”: A Q&A with Paula Swearengin
Joe Manchin is one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate. This activist wants to replace him.
May 10, 2017
Sarah Jones
Tom Price visited West Virginia and trampled on the First Amendment in two different ways.
April 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
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
Kevin Baker
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
Sarah Jones
West Virginia is rightly blaming drug companies for its spiraling opioid epidemic.
October 12, 2016
Sarah Jones
In West Virginia, even Democrats love Trump.
August 22, 2016
Sarah Jones
Donald Trump isn’t the only presidential candidate struggling to win endorsements from his party.
May 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
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
Emma Foehringer Merchant
This devastating video distills the human impact of coal accidents.
April 6, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A coal executive is going to jail over West Virginia mine disaster.
February 24, 2014
Claire Carusillo
In Conservative West Virginia, Clean Water Trumps Government Overreach
February 7, 2014
Claire Carusillo
A Power Plant Spilled Coal Into a North Carolina River, and No One Knows What to Believe
January 22, 2014
Claire Carusillo
West Virginia Can't Get Its Story Straight on the Chemical Spill
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
House GOP Assails Clean Water Act as West Virginians Go Without Clean Water
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Did John Boehner Take Money from the Company Behind the West Virginia Spill?
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Why So Many West Virginians Relied on Water from the Elk River: Industry Already Polluted the Others
July 10, 2013
Alec MacGillis
A Hard Film to Swallow
The anti-drug documentary that West Virginians refuse to watch
January 14, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Democrats' 2016 Contenders Are Betting on Gun Control
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