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Mylan's Shell Game Helps No One. Except Mylan.
A group of 20 senators called the recent price-lowering overtures from the company that makes the EpiPen emergency auto-injector a “well-defined industry tactic to keep costs high through a complex shell game.” Mylan has faced a backlash from Congress, as well...
Freedom's Ring: 53 Years On, So Much Work Still To Do
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963
The Strange Paradox At The Heart of the Alt-Right
Through tacit endorsements of conspiracy theories and offering policies based on bigotry and blind nationalism, Trump has given a loud voice to the concerns of white supremacists, misogynists, militant patriots, and other groups loosely collected by the umbrella term...
The Rise of the #AltRight
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Is There a Heart in This House?
One of the main speakers leading up to Hillary Clinton’s historic address to the Democratic National Convention was Rev. William Barber of North Carolina. "When we love the Jewish child and the Palestinian child, the Muslim and the Christian and the Hindu and the...
Governor McAuliffe’s Restoration of Rights Policy
Governor McAuliffe’s Restoration of Rights Policy August 22, 2016 Restoring the rights of individuals who have served their time and reentered society is the right thing to do. Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement policy is rooted in a tragic history of voter...
McAuliffe says he has once again restored voting rights to 13,000 ex-felons
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce today that he has restored the rights of more than 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis, two sources said. During a noon ceremony at the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial on Capitol Square, the governor also is...
Community Meeting Tomorrow
Community Meeting with US Congressional Candidate Jane Dittmar Monday, August 22, 6:30 p.m. Antioch Baptist Church Madison, Virginia Please join us for a community meeting with Jane at Antioch Baptist Church in Madison tomorrow, August 22, at 6:30 p.m. This is a great...
The New South
“We have a new demographic emerging that is changing the South,” explains Barber, who received his bachelor’s degree in political science from North Carolina Central University, a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University and a doctorate from Drew University with...
