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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...
Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today. Yusef Salaam...
Really, Tom Garrett?
“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured? I like people who weren’t captured." “You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass.” "I will build a great wall. And nobody does walls...
FBI to GOP: Get it straight—Hillary 'did not originate' any classified emails
This Tuesday, the FBI sent a letter to GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the nation’s top Democrat on that Committee, telling them that Hillary Clinton did not compose and send any emails...
Op-ed: This lifelong Republican will be voting for Hillary Clinton
I've been an active Republican for all of my adult life. That this venerable political party, once home to visionary thinkers and leaders, could hand its presidential nomination to Trump, who seems not to know how much he doesn't know and could not care less, is...
