Andy Schmookler: The Real Threat to American Liberties
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I just finished the first round of my tour of the Sixth District, which had the title of, The Real Threat to Our American Liberties
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Chris Marston: The politics of Chick-fil-A
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I have not eaten at Chick-Fil-A in over 6 months. It is not because I disagree with their corporately shared religious and social beliefs
Ruta Sevo: Title IX and the Olympics
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In 1967 Katherine Switzer crashed the all-male Boston marathon wearing an official number. The race organizer chased her, shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” Yet she finished, buffered by her male protectors
Andy Schmookler: People Power
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You raise the good question, “How can Andy Schmookler win when his opponent has access to so much more money than he has?” The question could be rephrased, “How can People Power defeat the Money Power in America today”
Ken Plum: Affordable health care
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A friend of mine of moderate political persuasion said to me recently that while he felt that details of managing the federal Affordable Health Care Act were issues of governance that should continue to be debated and improved, he also felt that passage of the Act was a moral issue that should not be reversed
Remarks by President Obama at campaign event in Clifton
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This is my last political campaign, and it got me a little nostalgic. So I started thinking about some of my early campaigns – when I was running as a state senator, when I was running for U.S. senator back in my home state of Illinois
McDonnell announces process for filling judicial vacancies
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday announced the process for interested candidates to apply for judicial vacancies that currently exist on Virginia’s circuit courts.
Occupy Staunton hosts forum on health care
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Occupy Staunton is hosting a forum on the Affordable Health Care Act at the Staunton Public Library on Tuesday, June 12, at 7 p.m
Rev. Joseph A. Darby: Building bridges, not walls
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My home state of South Carolina has imposed a tough new law to address “illegal” immigration
Whitfield speaks at White House forum
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Blue Ridge Legal Services Executive Director John Whitfield was a panelist Tuesday at a White House forum examining the state of civil legal assistance for low-income Americans. The forum was co-hosted by the Legal Services Corporation. Whitfield said that the “double whammy” of severe cuts in both federal and IOLTA funding has forced the program…
