Charleston Daily Mail - A United Nations expert who visited West Virginia last year has released a report criticizing the United States for what he called “cruel policies” driven by a “contempt ... for the poor,” the Gazette-Mail’s Lori Kersey reported Wednesday. Read.
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Jacobin - The ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public educationin this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets and filled state capitals, garnering public support and racking up victories in some…
Salon - President Donald Trump may be preparing to help America's coal industry through a tactic that became known as the other "b-word" over the past decade: bailout. Read.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - A total of 50 nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Ohio Valley received grant funding from the Sisters Health Foundation in support of its vision of “healthy people in healthy communities.” Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The 5 percent pay raise returned teachers and students to the classroom after a nearly two-week work stoppage, but the teachers’ most prominent concern continues to lack a permanent solution. Read.
Martinsburg Journal - Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to raise the work requirements for recipients of the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, something that some policy experts say could make it tougher on West Virginia families who rely on the program for their annual sustenance. Read.
State Journal - The directors of both liberal and conservative policy think tanks in the Mountain State believe President Donald Trump’s Chinese trade tariffs will end up harming both the nation and West Virginia. Read.
Huntington Herald Dispatch - A proposed rate increase by Appalachian Power is being met with criticism by customers who say West Virginia residents living on fixed incomes will be hard hit. Read.
WOWK TV - Mark Curtis and Seth Distefano, from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, discuss the Farm Bill and food stamp laws. View.
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - America, and particularly West Virginia, has an addiction to sugar that leads to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and a number of other health-related issues. Read.