The Common Good

Third-Party Candidate Is Out to Save Her World

Date: October 25, 2000
Denise Giardina is running a Naderesque campaign against entreched politicians beholden to coal companies who practice "mountaintop removal" mining--which is as bad as it sounds. But before becoming a third party candidate for governor of West Virginia, Giardina was an Anglican deacon, an author, and an early member of the Sojourners community.