MLK laid out the essence of nonviolence: ‘Fight injustice, not people’
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More than 60 years ago, as many are aware, civil rights activists began organizing to desegregate businesses in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Bonjour Canada! Harrisonburg-based beauty brand to sell products internationally
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While the beauty brand’s name builds off the word simple, preparing to sell withSimplicity products in an international market proved challenging for the company.
UVA technology spinoff launching in Albemarle County, creating 31 new jobs
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A male fertility diagnostic technology developed at the University of Virginia is now spinning off a business launching in Albemarle County.
The Senate filibuster is a chokehold on democracy: It’s time for it to go
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The filibuster has proved more pernicious to democracy than any other procedural rule of Congress. It’s time for it to go.
FDA approves promising drug for Alzheimer’s disease, may be too expensive for patients
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a promising medication for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease but it may be too expensive for many households to afford.
They can’t stop themselves from misappropriating Martin Luther King Jr.
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We have the First Amendment; anyone can quote Dr. King, the devil can quote the Bible, and the public discourse can be obscured by gaslight.
Former Virginia Tech Miss America donates pageant gown to historical costume collection
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A photo on social media convinced the first Miss Virginia to be crowned Miss America, 1978 Virginia Tech alum Kylene Barker McNeill, to donate her crown and the gown that she was wearing on stage to her alma mater.
Athletic trainer recalls injury to varsity baseball player similar to one on ‘Monday Night Football’
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Abbie Hansberger was a new athletic trainer in Shenandoah County when the unthinkable happened. At a baseball practice in the spring, two varsity student athletes collided in the outfield, and one student, a senior, suffered a condition known as commotio cordis.
City of Staunton fires whistleblower who raised issues with use of housing funds
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A City of Staunton employee who raised issues with the city’s administration of Community Development Block Grant funds was fired last week.
Grant funding provides UVA Health with $1.2 million toward COVID-19 prevention
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UVA Health has been awarded $1.2 million in state and federal grants for work to reduce COVID-19 infections in Virginia’s long-term care facilities.
