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"What We Do to the Land, We Do to the People"-- May 24 West Virginia Direct Actions Against MTR

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - May. 24 (Opinion) - As part of Mountain Justice Summer Action Camp taking place at the Appalachian South Folklife Center near Pipestem, WV, five members of Mountain Justice and RAMPS boarded a coal barge to protest the destruction of mountains in West Virginia through Mountaintop removal, while other members and their fellow concerned activists blocked coal transport at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 24.

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Rick Santorum-Linked Universal Health Services Facility: Fraud, Assault And Alleged 'Exorcism'

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jason Cherkis - Jan. 06 (News Report) - Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has become a top-tier candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in recent weeks by appealing to evangelical votersas a man steeped in family values and his Christian faith. From 2007 to 2011, however, Santorum served on the board of directors of Universal Health Services Inc., a large hospital chain which racked up dozens of allegations of abuse during that time -- including everything from rape to suicide attempts allowed by neglect to murder.

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Let's Remember Mary C. Snow: An Open Letter to The Charleston Gazette

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Dec. 21 (Opinion) - As a lover of your newspaper, that's why I was disappointed today when I checked your archives and couldn't read more about Mary C. Snow, an educator in Kanawha County, West Virginia Schools for more than fifty years and the first African-American principal in the area.

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The victory OWS has already won - AlterNet - Salon.com

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Joshua Holland - Oct. 27 () - In just one month, the protesters have shifted the national dialogue from a relentless focus on the deficit to a discussion of the real issues facing Main Street: the lack of jobs — and especially jobs with decent benefits — spiraling inequality, cash-strapped American families’ debt loads, and the pernicious influence of money in politics that led us to this point.

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Editorial: Blame Congress

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:09:03 -0700

New York Times - Jul. 19 (Opinion) - Congress has failed to enact climate change legislation that would have encouraged innovation.

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Dust-Up in Coal Country

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Viveca Novak - Oct. 01 (News) - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is under fire from his Republican opponent, John Raese, for supposedly undermining the coal industry. Raese’s ad is misleading, though. Even the coal producers disagree with it. The two are competing to fill the last two years of the late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd’s term. Raese says that Manchin "passed a law [...]

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Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:41:22 -0700

New York Times - By Adam Clymer - Jun. 28 (News Report) - Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast amounts of federal money, died early on Monday. He was 92.

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Senator Robert C. Byrd: Timeline

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Charleston Gazette - Jun. 28 (Special Report) - Over his nine-term career as a U.S. senator, Robert C. Byrd has met and been pictured with some the most influential figures of our time.

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U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd dies at 92

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Charleston Gazette - By Greg Moore - Jun. 28 (News Report) - Robert Carlyle Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in United States history, who spent much of his career as a conservative Democrat and ended it by fiercely opposing the war in Iraq and questioning the state's powerful coal industry, died Monday. He was 92.

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West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Joe Holley - Jun. 28 (Special Report) - Mr. Byrd had been hospitalized last week with what was thought to be heat exhaustion, but more serious issues were discovered, aides said Sunday. No formal cause of death was given.

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Concern over safety violations at West Virginia mine as rescue continues

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Free Speech Radio News - By Karen Miller - Apr. 08 (News Report) - Rescuers trying to reach four missing miners after an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine are retreating today. The state's governor, Joe Manchin, said noxious gas levels were still too high and the rescuers had to turn back. It has been four days since Monday’s violent explosion killed 25 people at the Big Branch Mine. The coal mine, owned by Massey Energy, has multiple federal violations. In fact, two safety violations were made against the mine on the very day of the deadly explosion.

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Editorial: Another Mining Tragedy

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Apr. 07 (Opinion) - After yet another major mining catastrophe, much has to be done to improve mine safety.

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Race (and West Virginia) Makes the Democrat's Obama Gamble Riskier than Ever

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - May. 15 (Opinion) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has moved heaven and earth to keep race out of his campaign. He had no choice. He knew that if he gave even the faintest hint of a tilt toward black voters his campaign would be DOA. While early polls consistently showed that a crushing majority of whites said that competence, ability and experience, not race, are the only things they consider in voting for a candidate, he also knew that race still might be the great X Factor for him in the presidential contest.

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