How one civil rights attorney dares to defend a nation
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In the past few months in the United States, issues of civil rights have been front and center.
Search Results for United Way
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U.S. reaches 282 million internet users in 2020
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Twenty years ago, roughly 50 percent of Americans had access to the internet. Today, that figure has skyrocketed – with new statistics showing that the US has reached a staggering 282 million Internet users in 2020.
David Swanson: The Charlottesville Retirement Commission is hopeless
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Over a year ago, members of the public brought to the Charlottesville City Council a demand that our money not be invested in weapons dealers and fossil fuel producers. The City Council listened. The City Treasurer listened. They supported divestment for the city’s operating budget and swiftly acted on it.
Ken Plum: Women’s Equality Day
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Today, Aug. 26, is Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
Virginia Tech historians uncover the facts about masks
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More than 100 years ago, health officials urged Americans to protect their country by wearing masks. Face coverings help prevent the spread of a deadly flu strain, the experts said. In response, cities and counties across the nation mandated mask use. Residents could face fines or jail time if they didn’t follow the law in some places.
California, here we come?
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A famous song of the 1920s went, “California, here I come.” Today, one might sing that line with dread rather than anticipation as rolling blackouts afflict California residents.
How wholesale jewelers are disrupting the jewelry industry
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In 2018, the United States jewelry industry broke 279 billion dollars, and experts are expecting it to grow to $480 billion by 2025.
Paddle Appomattox River’s past, witness the progress
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The Appomattox is the largest tributary on the tidal portion of the James River, originating near Appomattox Courthouse where Confederate Gen. Robert Lee surrendered to U.S. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in 1865.
One fish, two fish: Merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated in 2018 that 34.2 percent of the world’s fish stocks were overfished.
Beirut rocked by explosion: Lebanon can’t take any more wounds
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The massive explosion that took place in Beirut, Lebanon on Aug. 4 was a deadly blow that added a new big wound to the already full-of-wounds Lebanon.
