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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday News: Pope Francis Talks Climate Change, Inequality; Right Wing Talks Ignorance, Bigotry

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Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 24. Also, check out Pope Francis...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

It's Long Past Time for the Virginia Retirement System to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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According to the  VRS' FY 2013 financial report , for instance, among the "top 10 exposures" for the $58.4 billion in asset ...

Are Republicans Responsible for VMI Student's Death?

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by Dan Sullivan They certainly have done nothing to deliver health care to rural Virginia. Cadet Hoang collapsed during training on Monday...

Video: President Obama Welcomes Pope Francis to the White House

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Love the heavy emphasis on combatting climate change and caring for our "common home." Expecting that climate science deniers an...

Wednesday News: Trump's Sexism (and Other Bigotry) vs. Fiorina's Pathological Lying; What a Choice!

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Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 23. Also, check out the upcoming  ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

It's In Our Hands Now: The Journey for Justice Continues With Each of Us

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by Kathy in Blacksburg Last night (Monday) I watched NAACP national President, Cornell William Brooks, speak on PBS's "After Cha...

Video: Hillary Clinton Announces Opposition to Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline

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Good to see Hillary Clinton put this in the context of climate change, although certainly tar sands development - which Keystone XL encour...

Video: Pope Francis Arrives in U.S., Greeted by President Obama

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I am very much looking forward to hearing what Pope Francis has to say, particularly on issues of environmental protection,  economic fair...

Video: Gov. McAuliffe and Secretary of the Commonwealth Stoney on Restoring Voting Rights

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A very important subject, one that Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Secretary of the Commmonwealth Levar Stoney have been doing excellent work on....

People Care FAR Less About the 2015 VA Gen. Assembly Elections than the 2016 Presidential Race

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There's no definitive way to measure that, of course, but I think there's a good proxy: look at the number of comments in the Wash...