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Twenty-two years ago this month, the people of Liberia suffered the devastating effects of of civil war. The country’s economic, political, and social systems were decimated. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and one million displaced. Children suffered the most; tens of thousands were abandoned or orphaned. Most were powerless against exploitation…
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Sen. Jim Webb announced on Tuesday that he will introduce the Military Service Integrity Act of 2012, which could bring criminal penalties to any individual for making a false claim to have served in the military or to have been awarded a military medal, decoration, or other device in order to secure a tangible benefit or a personal gain
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Folk music icon Shawn Colvin and special guest Kat Edmonson will take the stage for the opening weekend of the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival’s 2012 concert season with a performance on Saturday, July 21, at 8 p.m
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We’re here today to talk about taxes – something that everybody obviously cares deeply about. And I’ve often said that our biggest challenge right now isn’t just to reclaim all the jobs that we lost to the recession – it’s to reclaim the security that so many middle-class Americans have lost over the past decade
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Former James Madison All-America basketball player Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) was one of the leading scorers for the U.S. All-Star Team in its game against the Chinese National Team Monday night
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At age 30, Andrea Jackson has seen a little bit of everything. “People who were wounded in action needed someone to comfort them, sit with them, just be there for them. That was my job,” said Jackson, who served as a chaplain’s assistant in the United States Army from 2002-2004, and deployed with the 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment in Baghdad at the start of the war in Iraq in 2003
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AccuWeather.com reports a “super derecho” of violent thunderstorms left a more than 700-mile trail of destruction across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic on Friday, cutting power to millions and killing thirteen people
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine met with Latino business leaders and community members Thursday at a roundtable discussion in Manassas. Kaine shared his approach to strengthening the economy and creating jobs, focusing on strategies he found successful in Virginia—investing in small businesses, developing a talent-based economy, and working to find common ground to address fiscal issues
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The United States Supreme Court has upheld the health-care reform passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010
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The University of Virginia Board of Visitors today acted to reinstate Teresa A. Sullivan as president of the University. “The past two weeks have been trying for all of us in the University community,” Sullivan said. “While this period of uncertainty has been difficult, I believe that those with opposing viewpoints have been well-intentioned, acting only with the best interests of the University in mind”
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