by the Black Appalachian Coalition | Jan 27, 2022 | Fair Democracy, Reports
View and download the report In the fall of 2021, the Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC) and the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) hosted five virtual listening sessions to hear from Black Appalachians. The sessions were part of the ongoing national...
by Ben Hunkler | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Shared Prosperity
The Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) launched one year ago, in August 2020, as an independent, nonprofit think tank designed to equip the region’s residents and decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to advance long-term solutions to...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy, Research
The 2020 election has taken place against the backdrop of a pandemic, a racial justice movement, and record-setting political spending–projected to total nearly $14 billion, a figure greater than the GDP of Armenia. For a culture that is used to immediate...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 4, 2020 | Fair Democracy, Newsletter
As we expected going into election day, no winner has been declared in the race for the presidency, but Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky have been called for Donald Trump. The region now looks to Pennsylvania, a state that allowed no excuse mail-in voting for the...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Newsletter, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director Back at my desk in Pennsylvania, I have the strong sensation of being in the eye of a storm; the past few months of frenzied political campaigning and voter education have crescendoed, Election Day has arrived, and the gaze of...
by Hayat Norimine | Sep 20, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy
Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission from Sightline Institute. Read the original article here. In recent days and weeks Sightline has reported on jostling in Pennsylvania over measures to expand absentee voting access, including shifting...
by Hayat Norimine | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy
[Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission from Sightline Institute. Read the original article here.] The state Supreme Court, which has a 5-2 Democratic majority, For years, Pennsylvania’s election officials have been raising the alarm: The...
by Hayat Norimine | Aug 29, 2020 | Fair Democracy
[Editor’s note: This article was written by Hayat Norimine for Sightline Institute. It is republished here with permission.] In 2016, Pennsylvania’s twenty Electoral College votes hung on the margin of just 44,292 votes. So, this presidential election season,...
