
UVA responding to possible China cyber hack
Federal authorities notified the University of Virginia of a possible intrusion originating from China, and the University confirmed on June 11 that attackers illegally accessed portions of its systems.

Federal authorities notified the University of Virginia of a possible intrusion originating from China, and the University confirmed on June 11 that attackers illegally accessed portions of its systems.

On the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings (August 6th and 9th), Paul Kawika Martin, the policy and political director of the United State’s largest peace organization, Peace Action, released the following statement from the official commemoration in Hiroshima.

Ariel Ahram, associate professor in the Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs, testified Wednesday, July 29, that sexual violence in the midst of civil wars in Syria and Iraq has reached catastrophic levels.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to help older Americans live longer with independence and dignity in their communities.

Four months ago the Washington Post published an op-ed headlined ‘War With Iran Is Probably Our Best Option.’ It wasn’t. Defenders of war present war as a last resort, but when other options are tried the result is never war. We should carry this lesson over to several other parts of the world.

After several years of diplomacy, the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France, plus Germany (P5 + 1) and Iran reached an historic agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program in Vienna, Austria today.

The long-running nuclear negotiations with Iran and the United States, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom have been extended multiple times since missing a June 30 deadline, but weekend reports indicate that a deal may finally be within reach.

The Atticus Finch who stood on the right side of justice and history in To Kill a Mockingbird is also the Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman who reveals himself as a segregationist, reactionary extremist, a eugenicist. You almost want to wish that the lost manuscript from Harper Lee had never been found. I say almost, because I think it’s better for the telling of To Kill a Mockingbird that it was found, in several ways.

Habitat degradation and deforestation are recognized as principal threats to wildlife globally but have especially destructive implications on the island nation of Madagascar, where four out of five of the plant and animal species are found nowhere else in the world.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the appointment of an experienced group of law enforcement professionals, legislators, community leaders and academics to serve on his Commission on Parole Review.
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