West Virginia

NRA-backed Joe Manchin: It’s time to talk about gun control

The West Virginia senator says the hour is at hand "to sit down and move in a responsible manner" VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield Topics: Video, Joe Manchin, West Virginia, Gun Control, assault weapons ban, Newtown school shooting

Joe Manchin wrote an angry letter to MTV about "the Jersey Shore of Appalachia" VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield 21 Topics: Video, Joe Manchin, West Virginia, MTV, Democrats, Buckwild, Reality TV

A West Virginia senate candidate is already facing criticism from the right

Jillian Rayfield Topics: Tea Party, Republicans, West Virginia, Shelley Moore Capito, Jay Rockefeller

Here's everything you need to know about today's gubernatorial contests

Alex Seitz-Wald Topics: Election 2012, Washington, Montana, West Virginia, Governors, Chris Christie, Utah

In West Virginia, a coal mining town has been consumed by OxyContin. A new book explores the devastation

Chris Hedges, Tom Dispatch 34 Topics: Tom Dispatch, Joe Sacco, Drugs, West Virginia, OxyContin, Chris Hedges