Lessons on peace from Africa
If you ask most people my age about Rwanda the only thing they remember is the 1994 genocide.
If you ask most people my age about Rwanda the only thing they remember is the 1994 genocide.
Preservation Virginia releases a list every May of historic places facing imminent or sustained threats. Eight sites made this year’s list.
A UVA Health study showed suicide attempts by children and teens involving common over-the-counter medicines and prescription medications increased 30 percent from 2019 to 2021 – basically, pre-pandemic to mid-pandemic.
Between the third quarter of 2021 and third quarter of 2022, the homicide rate spiked by an average of nearly 10 percent in 50 U.S. cities.
Election Day 2022 is in two weeks, and only 68 percent of Americans age 18 and older voted in the 2020 presidential election. Only 53.4 percent voted in the 2018 midterm election.

The Abigail Spanberger campaign is fired up about the effort she says was initiated by her Republican challenger to have a right-wing radio host serve as a co-moderator of an upcoming Seventh District congressional debate.
Glenn Youngkin was asked by CNBC to consider how his far-right turn on abortion and trans students impacts business.
The American Lung Association in Virginia is now accepting research grant applications from researchers here in Virginia and across the nation.

Fifth District Democratic congressional nominee Josh Throneburg is challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Good to a public debate.

After months of bipartisan negotiations led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), two proposals were introduced which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887.
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