
Inconvenient Truth: Why don’t we hear anything about Al Gore?
Al Gore, one of the first recognizable faces of the environmental movement, sent ripples throughout the political world with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.

Al Gore, one of the first recognizable faces of the environmental movement, sent ripples throughout the political world with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.

Alex Miller, an economics major at EMU, was recognized by Mennonite Economic Development Association as one of “20 Under 35 Changing the World.”

The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech is partnering with a Roanoke-based nonprofit to raise three puppies for future service dog training.

Luke Hartman, vice president of enrollment at EMU, saw the footage of resource officer Ben Fields flipping over a black student’s desk and tossing her across the classroom in a South Carolina high school.

The American Conservative Union announced the results of its ratings from the 2015 meeting of the Virginia General Assembly. Del. Steve Landes received an 87% rating for the 2015 General Assembly Session and holds a lifetime ACU rating of 89%.

Hans Hermann Hoppe and Lew Rockwell — the gray eminences of the paleo-libertarian world — cry out “But what about the rooaaads?”

Can text messages help assuage the phenomenon of “summer melt,” when students, mostly lower on the socio-economic spectrum, fail to enroll in college even after they have been accepted?

Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student in Gloucester County, Va., today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop his school district from enforcing a discriminatory policy that segregates transgender students from their peers and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.

The Virginia Department of Health is helping tobacco users get ready to quit by sharing tips and resources during Countdown to Quit Day. The countdown kicks off Oct. 20 and offers a different tip on VDH’s Facebook and Twitter platforms each day through Nov. 19.

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones will speak at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy on Tuesday on the topic of “The New Virginia Economy.”
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