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 Bluefield Becomes Fourth West Virginia City To Pass Camping Ban This Year

The Bluefield Board of Directors voted Tuesday to adopt an ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep on public property.  The U.S. The Supreme Court ruled in June that local government ordinanc...

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Hunger Relief Advocate Calls For Local Organizing, Outreach

September is Hunger Action Month, an annual campaign that aims to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity in the United States. Chad Morrison serves as development director at Mountaineer Food ...

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‘Period Poverty’: Reducing Barriers To Menstrual Product Access

Activists call barriers to accessing pads and tampons “period poverty.” They say its impact is felt across American life, from the classroom to the prison system. But some in West Virginia and beyond are working to change that.

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The Grand March And A Year After A Denied Abortion, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, for nearly a century, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. We visit the festival and learn about a manual that’s been passed down for generations. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in Tennessee. A photographer spent a year following one mother who was denied an abortion.

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