… but don’t give COVID We broke records here in West Virginia last week — but not in a good way. A record number of single day […]

            So what is gerrymandering? The term comes from an 1812 editorial cartoon criticizing a Massachusetts redistricting map, according to the National Archives. The new districts, under […]

            We are still dumbfounded that, in the year 2020, elected officials are actively trying to make it harder for citizens to vote. Like in Pennsylvania, where […]

            To our veterans: Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.             Veterans Day is both for the living and the deceased, so we pay homage […]

            There was dancing in the streets  Saturday. In cities large and small — including here in South Park and Greenmont.  Not just across the United States, […]

            Election Day has come and gone. The ballots have been cast. If you voted, thank you for your participation in civic life. If you chose not […]

            At the time of this writing, former Vice President Joe Biden leads the popular vote, with 50.5% of counted votes to President Donald Trump’s 47.8%. In […]

            Two days after the election and COVID-19 has not disappeared.             This comes as no great shock to the majority of people, but for the very […]

For months — years, really — we’ve heard cries of “a few bad apples” every time a police officer anywhere commits a civil rights violation or an […]

            Election Day is different for everyone. For some people, today dawned with great fanfare — a kind of big brass band of excitement. Others awakened and […]