Are local county fairs welcoming to Democrats? Not so much around here
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Last week’s controversy with a Confederate flag display at the Augusta County Fair reminded me of my last visit to the Rockingham County Fair back in 2016.
Search Results for civil rights
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Efforts begin to modernize and strengthen WIC, nutrition for American children
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The Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act would include 10 titles aimed to reauthorize WIC and other child nutrition programs in the United States, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), school meals and summer feeding programs.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips: ‘All options on the table’ to grow the ACC
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ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Wednesday “all options are on the table” for the conference as the turmoil of conference realignment driven by football continues to dominate the news.
Legislation passes House legalizing marriage equality for all
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The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House with a 267-157 vote, including 47 Republicans. The legislation, which now goes before the Senate, seeks marriage equality for all genders, including federal rights, benefits and obligations of marriages in federal code.
Robert C. Koehler: White supremacists want ‘their’ country back
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Is an insurrection percolating in the MAGA universe? A civil war?
Kary Love: Time for a convention of the people, by the people and for the people
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Jefferson often conceded the Declaration of Independence did not state any new ideas but those that had long circulated amongst English and Colonial thinkers.
Alon Ben-Meir: Two infamous rulings by the Supreme Court put America to shame
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Over the past two weeks the Supreme Court passed two rulings that history will recall as the most infamous and extremely dangerous for the American people.
Robert C. Koehler: Growing up, becoming a man
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I’ve made my own choices along the path of life — spiritual, mental, physical. I declared myself a non-believer in my parents’ religion at age 16.
Robert C. Koehler: Good guys with guns?
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This is the Second Amendment in full-on action: Republicans running for office gleefully pretending to defend the country from whomever. Only a good guy with a gun can stop a politician with a big mouth. A literal civil war is fomenting, or so it seems, and Jan. 6 was just a practice run.
Bill would block police from using facial recognition tech with body cam footage
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The use of facial recognition technology and other biometric surveillance is becoming increasingly widespread by law enforcement. At present there is no regulation of this technology at the federal level.
