Tag: Virginia
Virginia school system gives students time for protests
“I think we’re setting the stage for the rest of the nation with this.”
‘I don’t believe it’s too extreme:’ Republicans hope to pass near-total...
Lawmakers have clearly stated that their goal is to get the topic in front of the Supreme Court, currently boasting a conservative majority, to legally overturn Roe V. Wade and outlaw abortion altogether.
Gov. Northam: Don’t resign until Trump does
If Gov. Northam’s exit becomes one more potent lever against continued Trumpery, he achieves both partial atonement and participation in removing a national disgrace.
Federal court throws out controversial pipeline permit: ‘Speak for the trees’...
"We trust the United States Forest Service to 'speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
As Jeff Bezos earns $191K per minute, why are NY &...
Many local politicians have openly criticized authorities in New York and Virginia for backing the deals, which will create a total of 50,000 jobs.
4 members of violent white supremacist group face riot charges, federal...
The charges against members of the Rise Above Movement come weeks after four other members or associates of the group were indicted on riot charges in Virginia.
Climate change supercharges Hurricane Florence as 1.5 million evacuate in Carolinas...
People up and down the coast are preparing for extreme flooding and what the National Hurricane Center is calling a “life-threatening storm surge.”
5 Virginia officials involved in regulating Dominion Energy are invested in...
According to financial disclosures, four of them directly own stock in the company, while the wife of a fifth official works for Dominion.
The money behind neo-Confederate Corey Stewart’s US Senate campaign
The nation's highest-level 2018 contest to emphasize themes of white power is Virginia's U.S. Senate race – Republican Corey Stewart.
Weeping white supremacist barred from Virginia after pleading guilty to assault
He was sentenced to two terms of 12 months, with all but seven months suspended, to run concurrently.
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ERIC Crow, Jim Crow’s liberal twin
I don’t for a minute believe that the Pew Trust is out to wipe away African-American voting rights; just the opposite, they are the quintessential do-gooders. They just don’t do any good.
Corporate hypocrisy on racism
Far from being the solution to systemic racism in America, these billionaires and their corporations are actively perpetuating it.
As COVID-19 cases spike, epidemiologist warns ‘the road to an uncertain vaccine is paved...
We speak with Dr. Ali Khan, epidemiologist and the dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis and his hopes for a vaccine.
US corporations a driving force behind ‘unprecedented wave’ of global land privatization: Report
The U.S. in particular, the report says, is a "key player in an unfettered offensive to privatize land around the world."
Noam Chomsky on Trump’s disastrous coronavirus response, WHO, China, Gaza and global capitalism
"This is the most crucial election in human history, literally. Another four years of Trump, and we’re in deep trouble."