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A leader in climate reporting has lessons for all newsrooms
BY CCNOW STAFF The Guardian has been Covering Climate Now’s lead media partner since our founding in April 2019. That October, Katharine Viner, the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, announced a climate pledge that would further strengthen the paper’s already strong commitment to the story. “The climate crisis is the most urgent issue of our times,” Viner wrote, and…
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Jewish women highlight vagueness of abortion ban and put religious liberty to the test
Reprinted from Leader-News Earlier this month, three Jewish women in Louisville filed a lawsuit against the commonwealth of Kentucky, highlighting the vague language of the state’s abortion ban, triggered when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer. The women are all undergoing in-vitro fertilization. Couples often store several fertilized eggs for the…
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Paul versus Booker senate race is heated, important
Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Rand Paul will face off against Democrat challenger Charles Booker for one of the state’s senate seats in the upcoming General Election Tuesday, Nov. 8. Booker, a former state lawmaker, defeated three primary opponents to become the latest nominee to try to snap the long losing streak of Kentucky Democrats in…
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The pandemic may be over, but COVID is here to stay
Many probably think COVID is over – out of sight, out of mind. The “pandemic” does indeed seem to be over since most people are no longer wearing masks and we are now, finally and thankfully, able to go out to eat, attend sporting events and church, and the kids are back in school. But…
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Forget the ‘paper,’ embrace the ‘news’
BY KEN PAULSON There was a period in the late ‘60s when the Beach Boys, desperate for a hipper identity, reportedly considered shortening their name to “Beach.” Of course, the Backstreet Boys may perform into their ‘80s, but there’s no question that a dated name can take a toll. Take the newspaper. With an emphasis…
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Friends of the Tug Fork River, DEP and REAP deserve praise for tire cleanup
The Friends of the Tug Fork River organization is the driving force behind the recent tire cleanup of the Tug River between Warfield and Kermit. The group received help from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and REAP (Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan) to remove hundreds of tires from the waterway in the last couple…
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‘Cult of positive thinking’
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR The late Barbara Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 bestseller “Nickel and Dimed,” which showed that hard-working people simply weren’t making it in America. But Ehrenreich, who passed away this September at 81, made an equally great contribution to economic justice with her subsequent book, “Bright-Sided.” It argued that the cult…
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9/11 yesterday and tomorrow
BY MAGGIE HETTINGER Yesterday, we all celebrated 9/11 day. It’s been 21 years, right? I’m sure the TV was full of “remembrance,” if that’s what you watch. I did not. Yesterday morning, my church placed the American flag beside the altar. We sang together, “This is my song…this is my home…these are my hopes…but other…
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Does sparing the rod really spoil the child?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP “When police found a kindergarten boy who had walked off from school after attacking his teacher and classmates,” Elizabeth K. Anthony writes at The Conversation, “it didn’t take them long to start guessing about the cause of his behavior.” Long story short: The cops concluded the boy wasn’t getting enough of…
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Head-to-head
This week the Mountain Citizen editorial team went head-to-head on the issue of student loan forgiveness. Student loan forgiveness may lead to long-term economic growth The Whitehouse has announced a three-pronged plan for student loan forgiveness that has caused predictable division across party lines. Despite the many criticisms of the plan, student debt relief is…
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