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As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction

An emergency crew rescues a woman and her dog

As 1.5 Million Flee Hurricane Florence, Worries Grow Over Half Dozen Nuclear Power Plants in Storm's Path

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Flooding-prone Brunswick Nuclear Plant among rickety old Fukushima-style reactors in likely path of Hurricane Florence."

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'Abu Ghraib for Eighth-Graders': Allegations of Immigrant Children Being Tortured at Virginia Detention Facility

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is outright torture."

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Imposed Work Requirements Taint Medicaid Expansion Victory in Virginia

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Such provisions, permitted by the Trump administration, "do very little to cut...

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'Democracy in Action': Republican Wins Virginia Election After His Name Was Drawn From Ceramic Bowl

Charlottesville Coalition to March 10 Days to DC to Confront White Supremacy

GOP Rebuked for Casting Democrat as "Race Traitor" Over Statue Stance

Deandre Harris

Four Arrested for Toppling Confederate Statue. No White Supremacists Arrested for Brutal Beating of Deandre Harris.

"While today's delayed words are welcome, they should have been spoken on Saturday. This unconscionable delay has undermined his moral credibility as our nation's leader," said Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

'Not Good Enough': Trump's Charlottesville Speech Slammed as Too Little, Too Late

A vigil is held in downtown Philadelphia on August 13, 2017 in support of the victims of violence at the 'Unite the Right' rally In Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend.

In Massive 'Outpouring of Solidarity,' Thousands Rally for Charlottesville

Horror in Charlottesville: One Dead After Driver Plows into Anti-Racist Demo

White Supremacists, Armed With Tiki Torches and Hate, Denounced at UVA

Community Mourns Loss as Muslim Teen Killed by Attacker Near Virginia Mosque

With Battles in Multiple States, Fight to End Gerrymandering Heats Up

Trump DOJ Loses Again as Federal Courts Advance Travel Ban Hearings

Transgender Community Faces 'Attacks on Humanity' in Six More States

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Over 150 Virginians Show Up to Oppose Dirty, Dangerous Buckingham Compressor Station for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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Sierra Club: Senate Of Virginia Allows Dominion To Regulate Itself While Ratepayers Foot The Bill

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Effort To Protect Eastern Virginia From the Dangers of Fracking Suffers Setback

MoveOn.org

Dem Sweep In VA Shows Power Of The Resistance; U.S. House Clearly In Play In 2018

National Organization for Women (NOW)

"National Organization for Women and Feminist Majority Endorse Northam, Fairfax, and Herring in Virginia"...

Sierra Club

New Analysis Finds Virginia Could Create Over 50,000 New Jobs With Commitment to 10 percent Solar By 2023

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Barbara Gottlieb

Pipeline in Hurricane Florence’s Potential Path Poses Added Danger

Janine Jackson

WaPo Can’t Believe White Supremacist Senate Candidate Really Means It

Laura Flanders

We Should Be Excited About the Bottom-Up Wins in Virginia's Primaries

Eladio Bobadilla

The 'Alt-Right': We Need Courage and Truth, Not False Equivalencies

Michael Winship

Charlottesville Goddam

Rebekah Barber

As Politicians Target Sanctuary Cities, Faith Communities and Campuses Seek to Become Refuges

Sarah Anderson

Confederate Symbols and Inequality

Rebekah Barber

Recent Court Decisions Fuel Renewed Push for Restoring the Voting Rights Act

Tomas Lopez , Kwame Akosah

Keep Politics Out of Virginia Voting Rights Restoration

Sue Sturgis

The Backlash Against Expanded Voting Rights in Virginia

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