The ad shows a drive-by of a rural, post-industrial unnamed town in Westmoreland County, Pa. The woman in the ad says her name is Janie. She is […]
Opinion
July 16 letters to the editor
W.Va. ‘brain drain’ a decades-old problem I could not agree more with the editorial “Pulled gas pipeline shows pathway for W.Va.’s progress” (DP-07-10-20). West Virginia is well […]
Slowly but surely, justice prevails in veterans’ deaths
Slow and steady, it seems, does in fact win the race. Almost three years from the first murder and two years from the time she was removed, […]
Roger Stone’s ‘cornerstone’: Trump associate finds religion
President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and political adviser Roger Stone just days before Stone was to begin a 40-month […]
A legal system that doesn’t throw people away
Usually the first response I get when talking about radically re-envisioning our criminal legal system away from mass incarceration is: “But what are we going to do […]
Businesses should be reimbursed for COVID cleaning
We’re walking the fine line between protecting our local economy and protecting individuals’ health. The Monongalia County Health Department released a new ordinance Tuesday to take effect […]
There’s ample blame to go around in teen’s COVID-19 death
A few words on the death of Carsyn Leigh Davis. It has become predictable that the political right always knows whom to blame for disaster. After the […]
Politics won’t stop after November
Democrats’ near-term opportunities shouldn’t obscure the longer-term problems the party faces. First, from the time of his likely election in November and his inauguration in January, President […]
Last chance for real free tax filing
Paging all procrastinators! If you have not filed your taxes, then tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, is the last day to do so. If you have already filed, […]
Lawyers can’t visit clients in prison; quit monitoring their emails
As concern over the impact of COVID-19 on prison populations began to mount, the federal Bureau of Prisons implemented a ban in March that prohibits lawyers from […]
