McConnell Victory Kicks Off Midterm Results Reports

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Nov 5, 2014 If there were going to be any big upsets as the results of the 2014 midterm elections started coming in Tuesday, the race for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Senate seat wasn't one of them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How 11 States Got Marriage Equality in 1 Day

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 7, 2014 By refusing to hear appeals from lower courts Monday, the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in five states, plus six more that hadn't even filed suit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘We Do Not Drink It. My Pets Do Not Drink It’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 16, 2014 More than a month after a chemical spill poisoned West Virginians' drinking water, officials still know virtually nothing about the toxicity of the contaminant MCHM or its effect on humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

There Was Another Chemical Leaking From the Freedom Industries Tank

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2014 The West Virginia water contamination incident seems to get progressively worse, despite the state's governor telling residents to drink water at their own risk; meanwhile, the U.S. government won't let Israel expand its exports to China. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Freedom Water

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jan 21, 2014 Dig deeper

West Virginia Toxic Disaster Requires More Than Silence

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 More than a week since the chemical spill in Charleston, the state capital, contaminated the water supply for 300,000 people, there has been little solid information about the danger to human health -- and little outrage from officials in Washington, who seem to expect West Virginians to take the whole thing in stride. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Freedom

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Water Contamination

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Jan 16, 2014 Dig deeper

Erin Brockovich: After Chemical Spill, West Virginians’ Organizing ‘Stronger Than I’ve Ever Seen’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 The environmental activist whose life story was turned into a hit movie talks to "Democracy Now" about the chemical spill in West Virginia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

West Virginia Residents Wait for Tap Water to Be Declared Safe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 12, 2014 As hundreds of thousands of West Virginians faced a third day without drinking water due to a chemical spill in a local river, a crisis for which President Obama declared a federal emergency, a water company executive said Saturday that it could take days to determine whether the water is safe again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Now, You Can’t Ban Guns at the Public Pool

By Lois Beckett, ProPublica Jun 3, 2013 Since the 1980s, the National Rifle Association and other groups have led a successful campaign to get state legislatures to limit local control over gun regulations. These "preemption" laws block cities from enacting their own gun policies, effectively requiring cities with higher rates of gun violence to have the same gun regulations as smaller towns. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Elderly Man Facing Foreclosure Commits Suicide

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 15, 2013 A West Virginia man became one of the latest fatalities of the American economy when he shot and killed himself this month after authorities arrived at his home with an eviction notice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )