Mar 11, 2020
CHARLESTON, W.Va., March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw Brothers—Of One Blood Are All People is a recently released book that provides insight to why resource rich West Virginia is last in so many indicators reflecting quality of life including wellness, education economic security and living conditions. In West Virginia, generation after generation, political decisions support the maintaining of a defined wealth that negatively impacts schools, social and health resources, roads, housing, jobs, the judicial system and government. All too often leaders of coal, drug, tobacco, insurance and other powerful companies frame their message to appear to embrace the hopes and dreams of West Virginians who produce but seldom enjoy, an equitable share of the wealth they create. For more than a century those same corporate interests lend financial and material support to elect officials whom, once in office, do their bidding. This phenomenon is not unique to West Virginia but is important for all citizens to understand how it effects elections and state government throughout the nation.
The McGraw brothers dramatic and controversial history has been the subject of two documentary films by nationally recognized film maker Wayne Ewing: If Elected, broadcast by Bill Moyer's Journal, and the award winning The Last Campaign. The Last Campaign is the backstory for the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case, Caperton v. Massey that provided real life inspiration for John Grisham's novel The Appeal. Their struggles against injustice, special interest and "dark money" are also found in Laurence Leamer's The Price of Justice.
The McGraw brothers' stories are important because they challenge us to look beyond what seems apparent and what appears right and ask "to whose benefit" is the obstruction of and resistance to mine safety enforcement; environmental requirements; strip mine regulations; black lung benefits; coal severance taxes; court decisions that protect workers' rights, health and safety, equality of educational opportunity, juvenile rights, mental health care, employee pensions, and consumer litigation cases against big tobacco, drug and insurance companies.
Everywhere and in every community, voters hear disparate assertions from those seeking office and those who are already elected. The McGraw brothers routinely faced special interest groups determined to sway the electorate for their own financial or political benefit. The McGraw Brothers is a civics lesson of the best kind; it is entertaining, informative and motivating.
"Darrell and Warren McGraw have been lifelong 'social justice warriors,' helping underdogs against entrenched wealth and privilege. The McGraw Brothers superbly outlines decades of fighting for little people."—James A. Haught, editor emeritus, Charleston Gazette Mail
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4001 Kanawha Avenue S.E.
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
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