Opinion
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Opinion: The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing: People.
The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing is people. People volunteering. People talking with people. People rising. And, importantly, people who care deeply about real issues that lower costs for families and boost the economy – and importantly, people who also want less vitriol, racism, misogyny, and hate.
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Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
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Opinion: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.
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Maurice Hawkins: Virginia’s Veterans and Constituents Deserve Better Than Project 2025 Extremism
Project 2025 is an extreme right-wing blueprint for the next conservative presidency and it directly harms veterans. One of its main proposals is eliminating the Department of Education.
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Opinion: Biden and Harris made great progress on climate the past 4 years. Let’s secure the wins this November
A repeal of the IRA and the elimination of federal support for the clean energy transition would jeopardize Virginia’s ability to meet its own climate goals. Virginians would lose out on thousands of jobs and the myriad environmental and public health benefits that the law is expected to generate by 2030.
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Op-ed: Reproductive rights restrictions hit rural communities hardest. Democrats need to stand up for them.
Prioritizing profits over people has led to significantly poorer health outcomes in rural communities overall, where we already struggle with higher rates of chronic diseases. Denying access to the full scope of reproductive care will further aggravate rural health care systems.
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Op-Ed: To end child labor violations in Virginia, we must fix our broken immigration system
We must recognize that issues of child labor, immigration reform, and asylum protection are interconnected. We cannot address child labor violations without protecting the well-being of immigrant families.
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Op-Ed: The Question of School (E)Quality: Virginia Needs to do Better for English Learner Students.
Adaptable performance measures that take into account diverse educational contexts have the potential to promote equitable change for one of Virginia’s fastest-growing student populations: English language learners (ELs).
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Opinion: Trump has shown he can’t keep Americans safe. In a second term, that could be disastrous.
From his failed response to COVID-19 to his role in the overturning Roe v. Wade to his new economic agenda that could cause job losses and price hikes, Donald Trump has proven he can’t protect Americans, writes Chris Edelson.
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Op-Ed: DEI is here to Stay. You can’t ignore issues away
For many students, their school is their primary source of food, health and mental care. DEI works with specialized student support staff, such as counselors, psychologists and mental health specialists to provide appropriate family-based wrap-around services.
