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abortion rights
Health, Op/Eds, Schools, U.S. & World

Empowering students’ reproductive choices: The vital role of vending machines

Israel
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

The stakes have never been higher in Israel’s parliamentary elections

uva baseball ncaa
Op/Eds, Sports

Baseball on Rosh Hashanah: Ken Holtzman, MLB’s winningest Jewish pitcher

ben cline
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

ClineWatch: Ben Cline joins Steve Bannon on the ‘War Room’ podcast

earth
Op/Eds, Politics

The high holidays of peace

constitution
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Death by a thousand cuts: The many ways our rights have been usurped since 9/11

mark milley
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

The security dilemma in the nuclear age: Is it possible to be ‘better than our enemy’?

ukraine
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Depleted uranium, one of the playthings of war, won’t bring peace to Ukraine

ukraine
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Analysis: Evaluating three ideas out there for peace plans for ending the war in Ukraine

american flag
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

We spent trillions on the war on terror: How much safer are we actually?

gardening in Virginia
Environment, Op/Eds

What can I do this fall to ensure my garden looks its best next spring?

saudi arabia
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia serves to normalize the killing fields

mobile phone recording
Local, Op/Eds, Politics

Mailbag: What’s at stake in the fight over the Augusta County closed session recording?

augusta county
Local, Op/Eds, Politics

Three odd things that have my attention from Tuesday’s FOIA hearing

staunton
Local, Op/Eds

Queen City magic: Wishful thinking leads to Valley job opportunity

ben cline
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Tuberville is ‘aiding and abetting communists’: What about Ben Cline?

fascism
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

The next crisis is anyone’s guess: But the government is ready to lock down the nation

New York City
Environment, Op/Eds, U.S. & World

Is New York City really sinking? If so, is it a natural or human-caused phenomenon?

climate change
Environment, Op/Eds

Climate and Energy News Roundup: September 2023

david reid
Op/Eds, Politics, Virginia

Message from Rockbridge native, Loudoun lawmaker: Democrats deliver for rural Virginia

earth
Environment, Op/Eds, U.S. & World

The engine is fried on my Honda Civic: What’s the environmentally friendly thing to do?

Oppenheimer
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Oppenheimer unleashed destruction beyond measure, then tried to stop its spread

nuclear weapons
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

How to get from the Partial Test Ban Treaty to a nuclear weapons-free world

china
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

China’s seemingly endless upward progression hits economic, political wall

workers
Economy, Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Labor Day: A single day of homage and reflection doesn’t seem enough

Kosovo
Op/Eds, Politics

A wake-up call for Kosovo’s Prime Minister Kurti

Health, Op/Eds, U.S. & World

The annual mammogram: Necessary self-care for women age 40 and older

first amendment news
Op/Eds, Politics

We the Targeted: How the government weaponizes surveillance to silence its critics

earth
Op/Eds, Politics

War crime and other redundancies

climate change
Environment, Op/Eds, Politics

Tepco’s license to kill: Dispersal of radioactive waste as disaster response

japan
Environment, Op/Eds, Politics

The Fukushima tragedy resurfaces