Joe Manchin Might Surprise Us Again
Could Joe Manchin switch parties after the midterms?
West Virginia
President Joe Manchin Murders Democracy
Sen. Joe Manchin is opposed to a voting rights carve out to the filibuster
Build Back Better Is Pretty Much Dead
It seems highly unlikely that Joe Manchin is going to vote for this
Big League Politics: Drag Queen Story Hour Cancelled In West Virginia
The Right takes the gloves off and tunes out conservative liberals
Southern History Series: The Settlement of Trans-Appalachia
In the years before the American Revolution, pioneers crossed the mountains and began settling in Trans-Appalachia
Southern History Series: The Red Neck War
The Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 was quelled by the U.S. Army
Southern History Series: The Secret History of West Virginia
West Virginia was occupied by the Union Army and illegally torn from Virginia by a cabal in Wheeling
Southern History Series: Forging The Ethnostate
West Virginia originally banned all blacks in its state constitution
Southern History Month 2019: The Impoverishment of Appalachia
In the antebellum era, Appalachia had an economy on par with the rest of the South, but after the War Between the States it was ruthlessly exploited by Northern capitalists
Southern History Month 2019: Central Appalachia’s Extractive Economy
How Central Appalachia was ravaged, exploited and underdeveloped by free-market capitalism
President Trump: “We’re Standing Up To Social Media Censorship”
President Trump brings up social media censorship at campaign rally
President Trump Addresses GOP Retreat In West Virginia
President Trump lobbies Congress to pass his amnesty
Live Thread: West Virginia and Nebraska Primaries
Nebraska and West Virginia vote
Our Future, Our Nation
H/T SNN “The following picture was submitted to SNN recently. It was taken south of New Martinsville, West Virginia. It features a Southern nationalist husband […]
Review: A History of Appalachia
Richard B. Drake’s A History of Appalachia is an excellent introduction to the history and culture of the people of the region. The book can […]
The Cost of the Union: Obama Declares War on Coal Country
District of Corruption In the video below, President Barack Obama announces his plan to destroy the coal industry and thousands of Southern jobs in Appalachia […]
Confederate Appalachia
Virginia Here’s an excerpt from John Alexander Williams’ book, Appalachia: A History: “It was also a fact, however, that the mountain region had plenty of […]
“Buckwild” Premiere
West Virginia The “Jersey Shore” of West Virginia premiered on MTV last night: Note: This is the latest entry in a series of redneck and […]
Charleston (WV) Beating
West Virginia H/T Anonymous Eric Holder’s people have struck again in West Virginia in an incident that is not getting enough attention: “Charleston detectives are looking […]
Andy’s Revenge
West Virginia It is a great thing that we have spent so much time discussing Colin Woodward’s American Nations and Joel Garreau’s The Nine Nations […]