Kris Maher
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Pittsburgh-based @WSJ reporter, covering U.S. news in a 13-state region. kris.maher @wsj .com
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My new book DESPERATE: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia is out today from
@Scribnerbooks
. It tells the story of four West Virginia communities that had undrinkable well water and their seven-year legal fight against Massey Energy.
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A 15-year-old rides a four-wheeler across a mountain to get his internet. Others catch Wi-Fi in parking lots. Students are doing whatever it takes to keep up with school in West Virginia—where up to half of K-12 students don’t have internet access at home
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Making it official today. West Virginia is my favorite state.
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If all politics is local, so is infrastructure. Here’s a photo of the water that came out of a tap in Mingo County, WV, as described in my new book, Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia.
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I spoke to coal miners at a clinic in West Virginia about the resurgence of black lung disease and their struggles to breathe, including the miner pictured below who is 34 and has the late-stage form of the disease. I hope you'll give this one a read.
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This is extraordinary. Michigan officials say they've never seen this many fraudulent signatures, and 5 GOP contenders could be knocked out of the primary for governor. One candidate called it "a money grab" by signature gatherers.
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West Virginia elects the nation's youngest state lawmaker, an 18-yr-old Republican who campaigned from her dorm room.
http://t.co/NaY8nukbQq
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If you’re in Pittsburgh, I hope you saw the sky just now. Biblical
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West Virginia University faces a deficit and budget cuts after years of excessive spending. With
@melissakorn
who dug into the university's spending habits as enrollment declined. via
@WSJ
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Former coal miners grow lavender in West Virginia. Projects like this are bringing some hope to communities devastated by the loss of coal mining, like Boone County, which lost 94% of its coal severance tax revenue in the last decade.
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Very excited for this book, which took me years of reporting in Mingo County and Charleston, West Virginia, to be out from
@ScribnerBooks
Sept. 28!
If you're interested in a story about people fighting for clean water in Appalachia or anywhere, please give it a read.
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Thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker for this very kind post about my book, with a nice shoutout to local booksellers and librarians.
@ScribnerBooks
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A bagel in Pittsburgh worth waiting in line for? About to find out.
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Many expect Pope Francis, who once accepted a pizza in his popemobile, to go exuberantly off-script this week.
http://t.co/3ujH6rbxkc
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“Gripping account” — I won’t argue with this kind mention in the New York Times Book Review’s Paperback Row today. Thanks Miguel Salazar and
@nytimesbooks
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Pope Francis meets with sex-abuse victims and expresses "solidarity" for their suffering.
#PopeinPhilly
http://t.co/cTDxnVC46h
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Unboxing day! Thank you,
@Scribner
! Wow, I had a wave of emotion just seeing the boxes on my porch this morning.
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Joshua Vish lost his job and his fiancée this year. He also had no car. At age 36, he is now the oldest lifeguard at the Dormont Pool. "I'm starting all over again." via
@WSJ
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In the presence of women, men are more likely to: a) jaywalk b) give to charity c) wage war d) all of the above.
@WSJ
http://t.co/ZObS41OKfK
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I’m fortunate that I drove over this bridge last night and not this morning, also lucky that schools were delayed today.
This is a mile from my house. America is literally crumbling.
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Thousands of coal miners march through Pittsburgh to protest the EPA rule to cut carbon emissions at power plants.
http://t.co/dhxxuhffah
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Nearly 60 million people don't drink their tap water. The infrastructure bill likely won't be enough to fix all our water problems but can help places like the West Virginia communities I write about in my book Desperate, out Tuesday from
@ScribnerBooks
.
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The Pink Sisters, cloistered nuns in rose habits who pray continuously in Philly, will step outside for pope's mass.
http://t.co/gahPZgg4ZH
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Meet the 18-year-old Republican WV college student running to become the youngest state lawmaker in the nation.
http://t.co/cdTL8xHO4h
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Countless campaign signs will be trashed this week, but one nonprofit is using them to light villages in Africa.
http://t.co/m1ld4aMO7K
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Some residents a mile and a half from East Palestine showed me flakes of ash that they found in their yard after the controlled burn of vinyl chloride on Feb. 6.
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Nearly 100 years later, some of the descendants of those striking miners were forced to fight again, this time in the courts, after Massey denied it had contaminated any wells and the people couldn’t get clean drinking water from the state.
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Philadelphia -- and pilgrims from around the world -- cheer the arrival of Pope Francis.
http://t.co/aI2TJ4EbRu
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Sometimes the
@wsj
sends you out to cover an election or a regional economic story, and then there was the time I camped out in one of the darkest corners of Pennsylvania to look for Bigfoot.
With great photos by
@AngelaXOwens
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Arrived! I’m excited once again to have these out in the world.
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Updated story to reflect that all of New Orleans, a city of nearly 400k, is without power, though no telling how many people are there tonight.
via
@WSJ
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No scale model of Pittsburgh is complete without it. (As seen today at Phipps Conservatory.)
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The oil and gas industry calls new federal regulations to protect threatened bats unfair.
http://t.co/HCEMhf8wc6
http://t.co/3CdCVnqgp6
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The trial of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who faces up to 30 years in prison, starts today.
http://t.co/C5ltrkW7vy
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Enjoy your Mets-Braves pennant race or whatever. I’m going to see if the Pirates can keep from losing 100 games. Pay no attention to all the red and empty seats and that Pujols just knocked in two runs.
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People in Appalachia don’t need an elegy to be written for them, I told John Williams at
@nytimesbooks
.
Excited to share this interview, where I discuss how doing tai chi in Times Square is like fighting against the biggest coal company in West Virginia.
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@CRTejada
I’m very sorry for your loss. I worked with Carlos years ago at the WSJ and he helped me start covering labor. I remember his generosity, intelligence and humor, and I can hear his voice and laugh so clearly. I know he will be missed by many people.
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In West Virginia, hospitals brace for an influx of older and sicker Covid patients, straining already limited rural resources. “This is a recipe for really bad things to happen.” via
@WSJ
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Severe black lung disease among Central Appalachia coal miners has returned to 1974 levels.
@WSJ
http://t.co/iIw39znS2z
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Judge detains an 89-year-old Philadelphia man in connection with his alleged role at a Nazi death camp.
http://t.co/oUXfVy0hA2
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A shoutout to
@riverstonepgh
for having me sign some books. I will do an event with them in the near future, in Squirrel Hill. Another beautiful Pittsburgh bookstore, and not even the only one on the block.
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Nearly 16,000 Chihuahuas in L.A. shelters last year. My story on great lengths people go to rescue them.
http://t.co/FuYzBkgh
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Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship indicted in investigation stemming from 2010 accident that killed 29 miners.
@WSJ
http://t.co/vbm4RiFGGW
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Nearly six months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, the cleanup continues. “I feel like I’m a prisoner to the situation,” said one resident who is still living at a Best Western.
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For Aging Pro Wrestlers Dreams Get Bodyslammed, But Never Die.
@WSJ
take on the local scene. cc
@AKATheMaskedMan
http://t.co/5EiOdIs4vq
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Researchers are racing to find solutions to toxic blooms of algae have fouled bodies of water from the Florida Everglades to the Great Lakes. via
@WSJ
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Penn State said it will help identify fraternity members who posted photos of nude women to private Facebook page.
http://t.co/pyJVHZnJKh
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Historic steel town sees its future fading, as Pennsylvania prepares to demolish a 108-year-old bridge.
http://t.co/m6iXlN1WX8
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In northern Pennsylvania the cold reaches minus 30, as another blast of snow and arctic air hits the eastern U.S.
http://t.co/60QlX5orle
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Thanks to
@riverstonepgh
for hosting my book talk tonight with
@abigailgardner
. It was a great turnout, great discussion and I’m always happy to sign more books!
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Man who helped his father flee from train derailment in West Virginia -- "He was just running for his life."
@WSJ
http://t.co/0XBBOp8vyu
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Pub Date Update: My new and improved pub date is Oct. 12, and I'm thrilled to be doing this launch event hosted by
@whitewhalebks
on the 13th with
@jwmjournalist
. RSVP below!
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Sharp observations and questions about
#Blair100
by
@cgoodwoman
for
@Black_ByGod
about labor solidarity and how oversimplifying the past can obscure the present as well.
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Pittsburgh has been hailed as one of America’s most livable cities and a Rust Belt success story—but its Black population has largely missed out on its rebirth. A Black venture capitalist who grew up in this former steel town is trying to change that.
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This tree is always the brightest on the block and makes me pause for a few moments every October. Two views.
#FrickPark
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More than 45 years after an explosion killed 78 West Virginia coal miners, a new lawsuit assigns blame.
http://t.co/NdtDingWD9
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In a reversal, the firefighters union under new leadership is pushing to rid protective gear of
#PFAS
and will show a documentary to 2,000 firefighters highlighting a woman who investigated the issue after her husband was diagnosed with cancer.
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Parking garage where Woodward secretly met Deep Throat to be torn down for urban redevelopment project.
http://t.co/tHEsxVuv9i
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NEW! Here is a trailer for DESPERATE: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia
Photos: LOC;
@walkyourcamera
Music: Ben McElroy/The Biker/
@Artlist_io
;
Hunter Quinn/Appalachian Trail/
@epidemicsound
Special thanks
@KevinMangini
and
@johnjosephgill
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Steve Halvonik called Desperate "superb" in the
@PittsburghPG
today. "Every David story requires a Goliath. Maher’s has a doozy: Don Blankenship."
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Congrats
@erichschwartzel
on this glowing review on the cover of
@nytimesbooks
. “Red Carpet” looks like a riveting read about China’s influence on Hollywood. Can’t wait to read!
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Chinese buyers are scouring Peru's highlands for a superfood now disappearing from store shelves in the U.S.
@WSJ
http://t.co/mH8rBMoIkn
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Honored that my book about a lawyer's fight for clean drinking water in West Virginia -- Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia -- is a finalist for the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award.
#ScribnerBooks
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Four years after a tragic shooting, the Tree of Life and Calvary Episcopal congregations in Pittsburgh worship and celebrate and even play mahjong together. Their rare bond was palpable at a Christmas pageant and Hanukkah party this month.
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Investigators of the Amtrak crash that killed eight are probing the cell phone use of the train's engineer.
http://t.co/Jq5REsQPXu
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Desperate is out in paperback today. First sighting
@riverstonepgh
just up stage from a slightly better-known Pittsburgher, the amazing
@theebillyporter
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A San Francisco backlash against private shuttles for tech giants/ protesters smash a Google pinata.
http://t.co/cd5pqsxSWe
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Officials in WV confiscate 190 pounds of ginseng with a street value of $180,000, as busts in other states rise.
http://t.co/QoNIOO6YXl
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Office workers by day become body-slamming mad men in the ring. Meet Heinz sales analyst "Dr. Devastation."
@WSJ
http://t.co/5EiOdIs4vq
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SEIU wins vote to represent 27,000 home health aides in MN, but opponents say the state can't force people to join.
http://t.co/U2wP29DCuz
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In 1,000 handwritten letters, retired miners ask bankruptcy judge to preserve health benefits at Patriot Coal.
http://t.co/EpktzrkllN
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A Pennsylvania pastor is spending a week inside a homemade space capsule.
http://t.co/ZtPKC720AV
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"Working for Amtrak was always his dream job," said a friend of the engineer in the Philadelphia derailment.
http://t.co/vmA9Utv4Ct
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Gardeners are on alert as regulators rein in seed exchanges sprouting up at libraries across the country.
@WSJ
http://t.co/IsJLhLWvzu
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Hospital groups in Calif. and Oregon say SEIU's threatened ballot measures are really about union organizing.
http://t.co/LcoNKhuYb6
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That was all prelude. By 2004, the water was the same, and people took Manchin’s advice in a way and sued Massey Energy. That fight lasted another seven years and people finally got clean water, a story my book chronicles. I hope you'll check it out.
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U.S. healthcare costs fell in May -- a 0.1% drop -- but still the first monthly decline since 1975.
http://t.co/Q2PccmZjRp
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Natural gas industry criticizes Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's order banning new leases on state parks and forests.
http://t.co/O0YWYDa5Ux
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Staring at a $2 billion budget hole, Pennsylvania weighs public pension fixes and taxing gas drillers.
http://t.co/vx8eq1o6pO
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@AlecMacGillis
Happened to read in John Gunther’s Inside U.S.A. last night that 40% of draftees in WWII were rejected as physically unfit.
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In Pennsylvania capitol, portraits of legislative leaders now also list prison sentences.
@WSJ
http://t.co/wK4SFWRPZ4
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Flight 93 family members and guests began finding seats ahead of the ceremony that will begin at 9:45 a.m.
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I’m deep into
@CBelmontKeeney
’s excellent book, The Road to Blair Mountain, and I highly recommend. Can’t make it to
#Blair100
events this weekend but it is the next best thing for sure.
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New docs provide detail on company reporting of chemical in the WV spill and safety planning. w/
@AlexandraBerzon
http://t.co/vid1lKzNgk
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