Posts Tagged Race
Data Appears to Show Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Uncategorized, Virginia's News on July 5, 2021
Data released by the Virginia State Police shows a wide disparity in the rate at which Black drivers are involved in traffic stops when compared to their share of Virginia’s population, while data analysts with VSP and the Department of Criminal Justice Services say there may be other benchmarks to compare the data with. Jahd Khalil reports.
Legislative Debates Over VMI Emerge
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 14, 2021
Debates over legislation governing the Virginia Military Institute are probably on the horizon, spurred by a report by the State Council of Higher Education For Virginia. Jahd Khalil reports.
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From NPR News- An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches February 5, 2023The unexpected deaths are hitting humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and gray whales on the West Coast — populations that were already under watch.
- What Biden needs to do in this year's State of the Union speech February 5, 2023On Tuesday, Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech to a divided Congress — and a big audience at home. It's seen as an unofficial kick-off to his expected re-election campaign.
- Santos took office one month ago and his New York district says he's got to go February 5, 2023Congressman George Santos' constituents are furious and don't think he's doing the work to represent them. A recent poll finds most GOP voters want the scandal plagued Republican to resign.
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- It's nothing personal: On Wall Street, layoffs are a way of life February 5, 2023Big companies such as Amazon and Google have recently announced layoffs. In Wall Street, getting cut is always acknowledged as an ever-lurking prospect – but it still stings when it happen.
- An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches February 5, 2023
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- Truss: I was never given realistic chance to cut taxes February 5, 2023The ex-PM's comments are the first detailed remarks she has made since she was forced out of No 10.
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- Wealthy UK family to apologise in Grenada over slave-owning past February 5, 2023The Trevelyan family, who owned more than 1,000 African slaves in the 19th Century, will also pay reparations.
- Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's ex-president, dies aged 79 February 5, 2023The former president, who seized power in a coup in 1999, survived numerous assassination attempts.
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- Truss: I was never given realistic chance to cut taxes February 5, 2023
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