Christmas is quickly approaching, and for those in the Christian community, excitement is building for the holiday. Without going into...

As Thanksgiving approaches, we may consider what we are thankful for. One thing many families will thank this year is the food on their...

In 2018, West Virginia spent $15,395 in taxpayer dollars drug testing applicants for TANF, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...

“The 2020 Census is coming. For the large part of my life, the Census played like background music. I knew it was there, but I didn’t pay...

“Do you want to be able to save a life in the event of an opioid overdose?” This is one of the questions that Joe Solomon, a volunteer...

“I lost twenty-five pounds in a few months. I would go to class and lack focus, falling asleep sometimes because of the fatigue. At work,...

“What would your child’s school do if ICE agents showed up at the door? Or stopped your kid when he got off the bus? Or tried to question...

Two days ago, my mother bravely took my two teenagers shopping for school clothes. When they returned home, they told me that a woman was...

Introduction This State and our people know struggle well. We know economic and labor exploitation. We know water that is toxic and...

When the Voting Rights Act passed on August 6th, 1965 it brought an end to literacy tests, poll taxes and other measures which were used...

Get a Load of This... Since getting back from the Center for Popular Democracy’s People’s Convention in Detroit this past weekend we’ve...

Get a Load of This... Food insecurity is all around us; more than likely most of us know someone who doesn’t know where their next meal...

Get a Load of This... Alright, so our lawmakers have failed to hear our voice and have passed and signed the Omnibus Education bill into...

West Virginia Delegate Sharon Lewis Malcolm is in the spotlight this week, and not in a way that does any credit to our state. As the...

Get a Load of This... The decennial census is coming up in April of 2020 and with this deadline fast approaching, much of West Virginia’s...

Get a Load of This... Have y’all ever heard of MAXIMUS Inc? They are a private, for-profit American company that is contracted by states...

With education reform at the top of West Virginia’s policy making agenda we need to be thinking about what education systems and...

In early May, the Trump administration proposed a change to the process of determining the Official Poverty Measure (OPM). The OPM,...