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Virginia School Forbids Exploration, Discussion, Non-Curriculum Learning
Last week, we wrote about the death of liberal-arts education. Now we’ve found a school that’s banned curiosity altogether. Westfield High, a school in Fairfax County, Virginia, recently enacted a...
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Female Inmate Sues Prison for Housing Her in a Male Facility
Deena Kaye Myers was born with male genitalia, but due to severe birth defects was surgically altered to be female. Hers is not the most straightforward gender history, but her birth certificate reads...
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Ultrasound Bill: Politician’s Wife Votes with Her Vagina
Jamie Reidy discusses a Virginia lawmaker’s wife’s using sex as a political weapon to protest the Republican transvaginal ultrasound bill. HuffPo’s John Celock shares the story of how a political...
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Heart of Coal
John Taylor wants to know how to be a good man, and how to turn his heart of coal into a shining diamond. “I perfer a heart of coal….its dark and ugly and chips away over time yes, but after some time...
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Man-to-Man with lawyer-turned author Clifford Garstang
Cameron Conaway sits down with Clifford Garstang to discuss life, law, inspiration, and now, writing. Clifford Garstang served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea, and after earning an MA in...
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Special Needs Boy Abused on School Bus, Why Didn’t Anyone Help?
Cooper Fleishman reports on the video of a special needs child being burned, screamed at and beaten up on a school bus, and wonders what could have been done to prevent such horrifying abuse....
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Homer’s Hero
Cameron Conaway offers a moving and personal dedication to his mentor, martial artist Daryn Clark, who despite fighting brain cancer still dedicates his life to helping others. This is a glimpse into...
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Scared Straight
Steve Jaeger lives to tell a tale of hitchhiking in the Age of Aquarius. In the late 60s and early 70s there seemed to be an anti-war protest in Washington, DC just about every weekend. I lived right...
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Military Judge Rules Pfc. Bradley Manning’s Confinement Was Excessive
Bradley Manning faces charges for leaking classified military information. Charges that include aiding the enemy which carries a maximum of life behind bars. Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army private...
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Walmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children
DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG A Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just...
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Virginia Felons Get Voting Rights Back
Nonviolent felons in Virginia may soon have their voting rights automatically restored if Republican Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposal passes. In January, Virginia House of Delegates killed Gov. Bob...
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Law Students and Faculty Help Veterans with Disability Compensation
Not all injured vets have obvious scars; school law clinics are taking on pro bono cases for those who don’t have the visible markings of battle and have a hard time getting their disability...
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White Men Can Jump…Sometimes
Doug Zeigler reflects on a movie that he loves and his experiences on a basketball court that gave him a small window into how racism feels. — Over 20 years ago, Sidney Deene told Billy Hoyle, “Billy,...
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Merry Christmas, Husband
William Dameron stops at a restaurant with his husband, where a waitress thinks she is brave to say Merry Christmas. They then drive to North Carolina, a state where they don’t even know how to say...
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Virginia’s Attorney General’s Decision not to Defend Marriage Inequality is...
Newly inaugurated Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) announced Thursday that he believes Virginia’s state marriage inequality amendment violates the United States Constitution and that he will...
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28 Black People You Probably Don’t Know About (But You Should)— Madison...
Madison Washington led the most successful slave revolt in U.S. history. Madison Washington was a free man living in Canada. He had escaped the United States and found freedom. At some point, he...
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Where Are You From? David Dorsett Explores What Home Means to Military Brats
Tweet GMP continues its celebration of The Month of the Military Child ___ Military brat is a title many of us wear with pride. After we hit 23 and lose our Military ID Card, along with our...
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Federal Investigators Crack Down on Two Virginia Schools’ Use of Restraints
Investigators found that children were being regularly pinned down or isolated and that their education was suffering as a result. — by Heather Vogell, ProPublica Federal investigators have faulted...
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The GMP Sports NCAA Tournament Top Sixteen
We are less than a week away from the NCAA tournament getting started. GMP Sports jumps on the March Madness bandwagon, and provides you with our top 4 teams from each region and the players to watch....
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Virginia School Forbids Exploration, Discussion, Non-Curriculum Learning
Last week, we wrote about the death of liberal-arts education. Now we’ve found a school that’s banned curiosity altogether. Westfield High, a school in Fairfax County, Virginia, recently enacted a...
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