Ken Plum: Start with a clean slate
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Taking down Confederate monuments is but one part of a continuing story in Virginia as the Commonwealth tries to come to grips with its racist history. The story is in no way a pretty one.
Search Results for civil rights
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Beyer, Norton, Wexton demand FBI authorize release of Bijan Ghaisar case 911 recordings
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Reps. Don Beyer and Jennifer Wexton and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton have sent a letter pressing FBI Director Chris Wray to authorize the release of 911 recordings connected to the 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police.
New Dominion Bookshop to celebrate reissue of The Blessing
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New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book reading and signing with author Gregory Orr on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7-8 p.m.
Warner, Grassley on DOJ decision not to pursue charges in Ghaisar case
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Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) comment after an announcement by the Department of Justice that it will not pursue action against the U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed Fairfax County resident Bijan Ghaisar in 2017.
Warner raises alarm following exposure of sensitive patient data
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) raised concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ failure to act following a mass exposure of sensitive medical images and information by health organizations.
Nationwide ERA support for Virginia’s 2019 election
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Hundreds of volunteers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia have participated in a get out the vote campaign hosted by VAratifyERA in an effort to drive people to the polls for Virginia’s 2019 election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
AG Mark Herring fights pay discrimination
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Attorney General Mark Herring joined a nationwide coalition of state attorneys general and government agencies in fighting for equal pay by filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit that would maintain data collection practices that are critical in combating pay discrimination.
Tricontinental Acts of Solidarity opens at The Bridge’s Belmont art gallery
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The Bridge and The Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation present Tricontinental Acts of Solidarity.
Families of Heyer, Jabara urge passage of NO HATE Act
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Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation, leading national advocacy groups, and the families of Heather Heyer and Khalid Jabara called for swift passage of the NO HATE Act.
Martial law masquerading as law and order
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Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie.
