Art Cook
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U.S.
Virginia lawmaker uses “tar baby” slur to attack Obamacare
March 21, 2014Southside Virginia has been in the news because of a catastrophic coal ash spill into the Dan River, and now, racist comments by a legislator comparing Obamacare to tar babies.
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Environment
Major Duke Energy ash spill turns Dan River gray
February 5, 2014Duke Energy and local officials assure residents that the water is fine. End of subject. But the crisis isn't over.
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Environment
Uranium mining and the elections in southern Virginia
October 21, 2013One of the most controversial issues here is maintaining the current moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.
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U.S.
Danville, Va., marches for Trayvon Martin and against violence
July 25, 2013"We need to stand up for each other."
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U.S.
Virginia elections lineup features extremist Republicans
June 13, 2013DANVILLE, Va. - The race for Virginia's governor may be remembered for how many shoes will drop before Election Day.
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U.S.
Virginia town was center of civil rights struggle
February 11, 2013Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 called the Danville Police Department one of the most brutal and vicious he had come across.
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U.S.
Virginia GOP tries to dilute African-American vote
January 28, 2013Senate Republicans took advantage of the absence of Democrat Henry Marsh, a civil rights hero who was attending the ceremony, to pass a huge mid-decade redistricting bill.
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U.S.
Will Obama again take “Last Capital of Confederacy”?
October 5, 2012President Barack Obama stunned voters here after the results of the 2008 election poured in.
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