Since I became interested in history and specifically the “Civil War”, I tried to understand why tens of thousands of poor whites supported the “rebel” cause. Most Southerners owned no slaves. Why did ...
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Jenn Peterson, the 2010 summer volunteer intern for the South Hampton Road's Chapter of Virginia Organizing, is literally making waves and big changes to the way Brown Bay Island handles its stormwate ...
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Many years ago Richard Hofstadter wrote a book entitled Social Darwinism is American Thought. His study concentrated on the effect of Herbert Spenser's writings on Americans. Spenser hypothosized that ...
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Is there anything better than Star Trek parodies? Check out this enterprising (pun intended!) video on Virginia's job situation by Jim Nolan of the Richmond Times Dispatch. While, I am not sure Go ...
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On May 26 the Virginia Health Reform Initiative (VHRI), met in Richmond. The meeting focused on governance and structure for the new health insurance exchange. The VHRI tentatively decided ...
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As debt ceiling debate continues, we are marking the tenth anniversary of the policy that created most of the federal budget gap: the Bush tax cuts. On July 7, 2001, George W. Bush signed into law a $ ...
Read More »The Bush Tax Cuts After Ten Years: Bad for Virginia, Bad for America(National figures and more information available at www.ctj.org/bushtaxcuts10yrs.php)Ten years ago, on June 7, 2001, President Georg ...
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What Would You Cut?The following was originally posted on Progress Notes and was written by Dr. Chris Lillis, Fredericksburg Physician and Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee Member.By Dr. Chris ...
Read More »On Ten Year Anniversary, Residents Call On Congress to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet and: “End the Bush Tax Cuts, Not My Medicare!” As nation’s economic crisis continues, residents to flush mone ...
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