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Let Them Ride Ferris Wheels: Morrisey’s $2M Attraction Amid WV Water Crisis
Gov. Morrisey takes the first ride on a $2M Ferris wheel as WV boasts a $370M surplus—yet funding to fix the southern coalfields’ blistering tap water remains completely absent.
About Black By God
Centering Black stories and life in all their manifestations
Black By God is a community-led news organization that aims to provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black Experience in West Virginia and Appalachia. Our name is a riff on the colloquial phrase West ‘by God’ Virginia that claims a unique place in central Appalachia.
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America at 250: What We Celebrate and What We Must Confront
A mathematical and historical critique of America’s 250th anniversary. Dr. Sonya Armstrong examines the axioms of liberty, the erasure of DEI, and voting rights.
Toxic Water, Corporate Handouts: Water Crisis of West Virginia
Today, as the coal industry fades, the very communities that served as the backbone of this state are being left behind to drown in its toxic legacy.
A small WV town discovered an unmarked slave cemetery. They spent Juneteenth honoring the dead.
Over 100 people came to the dedication ceremony for the Fairfax Slave Ceremony in Preston County.
From Carlo Petrini to Eddie Mukiibi: Why the Future of Slow Food Matters to Black Appalachia
My journey into the global food movement began on a Black family farm in Madison County, Kentucky, located at the foothills of eastern Appalachia. Long before I ever traveled to Italy, met Carlo Petrini, or sat across a table from Edie Mukiibi, I learned lessons about food, land, family, and community from people whose names would never appear in newspapers or history books but who laid the foundation for my work as an agrarian, intellectual activist.
