Written by JW Randolph

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JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

40 Days for the Children (Day 3)

Things are swingin for Ed in the “serious…

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Grandpa Ed!

“After 16 miles, in weather topping 100 degrees…

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Quotes for Ed

“If we fail as parents, we have failed…

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40 Days for the Children (Day 2)

Live and on the road from the good…

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40 Days for the Children (…preview)

How did your grandparents spend their retirement? My…

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Massey: The Courts Can’t Tell Us What To Do

The Sahara, a lone desert island, or West…

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Open Thread

Speaking out against mountaintop removal in the coalfields…

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RIVER, LARGE by Dottie Mann

In West Virginia, I have learned, the mountains…

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Marsh Fork Public Hearing

The other night, a bunch of us were…

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Friends of Coal Bowl – a strategery

From an opinion piece in the Herald-Dispatch: The…

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