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A Response to Webb’s “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.”

A Response to Webb’s “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.”

The following article was written by Larry Yates in response to Senator Webb's recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Larry Yates is long time activist and former VOP Shenandoah Valley organ ...

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Remote Area Medical Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Law

Remote Area Medical Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Law

Wise, VA –Community members and health care advocates say the huge demand for RAM’s services exemplifies why health care reform is desperately needed in Appalachia and America. For the third year in a ...

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Rail fears in the ‘Burg

Rail fears in the ‘Burg

By: Lucille G. McReynoldsLetter Originally published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star: 7/26/2010While not a major disaster, the July 6 derailment of three coal cars on the rail tracks in Stafford ...

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More Than 102,600 Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010

More Than 102,600 Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010

 Washington, D.C.—More than 80.8 percent of Virginia small businesses with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible this year for tax credits to help pay the cost of employee health coverag ...

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New Report Shows 81 % of Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Health Care Tax Credits

New Report Shows 81 % of Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Health Care Tax Credits

Report Finds More Than 102,600 Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010; 30,700 Qualify for Maximum Credit Washington, D.C.—More than 80.8 percent of Virginia small busines ...

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RAM Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Care Law

RAM Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Care Law

New Health Care Bill Will Eventually Reduce Demand For RAM by Providing Affordable, Quality Health Care for Appalachia Wise, VA –Community members and health care advocates say the huge dem ...

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A president’s legacy: Casteen, others evaluate his 20 years shepherding UVa

A president’s legacy: Casteen, others evaluate his 20 years shepherding UVa

As John T. Casteen III was inaugurated as the University of Virginia’s seventh president on Oct. 6, 1990, the 46-year-old Portsmouth native laid out a vision that would guide UVa for the following two ...

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Virginia Organizing 2004 Annual Report

Virginia Organizing 2004 Annual Report

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Virginia Organizing July 2010 Newsletter

Virginia Organizing July 2010 Newsletter

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Ernest Williams: July 2010

Ernest Williams: July 2010

One afternoon Ernest Williams received a knock on his door from organizer Nik Belanger. Nik asked him about the issues he cared about and Ernest resoundingly said jobs. As a longtime resident of Danvi ...

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