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New VCU report shows death rates are rising in Virginia’s white population

Societal issues are driving an increase in death rates among Virginia’s white population, according to a new report from the  VCU Center on Society and Health. Stress-related conditions—including unintentional drug overdoses, suicides, alcoholic liver disease and alcohol poisonings—are killing white Virginians ages 25-54 at increasing rates.

Tessy Plastics to invest $9.2 million to expand plastics manufacturing operation in Lynchburg

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Tessy Plastics, a premier molder of custom injection molded plastic components, will invest $9.2 million to expand its manufacturing operation to accommodate a new product line in the City of Lynchburg. Virginia successfully competed against New York for the project, which will create 34 new jobs.

Yifat Susskind: What we can learn from indigenous women at the ballot box

With the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency behind us and midterm elections fast approaching, progressive women are faced with the looming question of what comes next. How can we go beyond resistance to advance our progressive vision, especially in this difficult moment in history when the right is on the rise?