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...
View ArticleSpecial 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...
View ArticleHomer’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 a...
View ArticleScared 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...
View ArticleMilitary 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...
View ArticleWalmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children
DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTGA Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just...
View ArticleVirginia 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...
View ArticleLaw 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...
View ArticleWhite 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,...
View ArticleMerry 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...
View ArticleVirginia’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...
View Article28 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...
View ArticleWhere Are You From? David Dorsett Explores What Home Means to Military Brats
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 dependent...
View ArticleFederal 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, ProPublicaFederal investigators have faulted two...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleNew Anti-Protest Laws are Incompatible With American Democracy
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Laura Graham, Trinity College DublinCivil protest is a crucial tenet of any free democracy – and in the US it’s protected by the Constitution’s first amendment. But a wave of...
View ArticleBooks: A Threat to Fascists
Two American classics, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird, are again under assault. People have been calling for bans on these books since they were first printed.Generally,...
View ArticleSomething’s Not Right In Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
—The Good Men Project, (GMP), invited me to write what I thought was going on in Charlottesville, Virginia in response to the “Unite The Right Rally.” I wasn’t asked personally by Lisa Hickey, The...
View ArticleNat Turner’s Rebellion
Once Upon A Time…Remembering historical events and considering their significance for families todayThe big story today, of course, is the total solar eclipse. It’s rare they cross the United States...
View ArticleVa. Governor’s Race Could Surprise, Says Social
>Source: 30dB.com – @EdWGillespie-vs-@RalphNorthamRealClearPolitics shows the lieutenant governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, ahead in the polls by an average of seven points, but Ed Gillespie, a...
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