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HUMAN RIGHTS

West Virginia White Couple Get Centuries in Prison for Enslaving Adopted Black Children

Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather tortured five children they forced into slave labor, locking them in a shed without water or light. “May God have mercy on your souls, because this court will not,” the judge said. 

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bill to Shield Lawmakers from Transparency Advances in West Virginia

West Virginia legislators are moving to exempt themselves from FOIA. If passed, the bill would end public accountability in the Mountain State.

DRUGS

Inundating Small Towns With Opioids

In a single year, from 2008 to 2009, Miami-Luken’s shipments of opioid pills to Williamson increased threefold.