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Black Women Are Not Your Savior

Let’s be honest: the significant contributions that Black women have selflessly given to a country that shamelessly discards them are…

Jan 6, 2021

Black Women Are Not Your Savior

Jan 6, 2021

Myya Helm

Racial Divisions Distract the Working Class from the Real Problem

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain. In August 1921, union coal miners clashed with an anti-union citizen…

Sep 4, 2021

Racial Divisions Distract the Working Class from the Real Problem

Sep 4, 2021

Myya Helm

State of Working West Virginia 2021: Labor, Race, and Solidarity

As West Virginia recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, its path forward remains unclear. For many years, West Virginia has

Aug 29, 2021

State of Working West Virginia 2021: Labor, Race, and Solidarity

Aug 29, 2021

Myya Helm

Strong Unions Serve an Essential Role for Black Workers in West Virginia

Throughout West Virginia’s history, labor unions have played a significant role in bargaining for higher wages and better benefits for…

Aug 28, 2021

Strong Unions Serve an Essential Role for Black Workers in West Virginia

Aug 28, 2021

Myya Helm

2021 Regional Jail Cost Freeze is Not a Long-term Solution to the Overcrowding Crisis

Last week, the Legislature provided a one-year relief to county governments by freezing the current regional jail per diem at $48.25…

Aug 27, 2021

2021 Regional Jail Cost Freeze is Not a Long-term Solution to the Overcrowding Crisis

Aug 27, 2021

Myya Helm

The Hidden History of West Virginia’s Black Lawmakers

Too often, lessons of our politics include only the stories of white West Virginians. The whitewashed history of Appalachia has primarily…

Jan 6, 2021

Jan 6, 2021

Myya Helm

The Second Wave of the Civil Rights Movement: Global Unity

Black. Lives. Matter.

Jan 6, 2021

The Second Wave of the Civil Rights Movement: Global Unity

Jan 6, 2021

Myya Helm

Myya Helm

I write to freely express my Blackness and the intersection of my identities without being expected to serve myself in palatable, “easy-to-swallow” doses.

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