Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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‘Our Children Have Zero Access’: Lack of Rural Broadband Hurts Virginia Students
MARTINSVILLE-More than 200,000 Virginia students lack broadband. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal aims to solve this problem.
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Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.
Study after study has found that women, particularly women of color, have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic toll, losing jobs and leaving the workforce in alarming numbers.
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Biden’s Next Big Challenge: How to Deal With Trump’s Takeover of the Courts
“If somebody believes they are a victim of discrimination in their workplace, the final say on whether our civil rights laws are properly enforced is a lower court judge,” Daniel Goldberg, legal director of the nonprofit advocacy group Alliance for Justice, told COURIER.
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The COVID-19 Vaccine is Available in Virginia. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Now that both Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines have been approved, we’ve been getting questions.
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Twitter Permanently Suspends President Trump
Twitter’s actions deprive the president of the megaphone by which he has incited violence and chaos for the last four years.
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Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Is Effective Against Key Mutation, New Study Finds
The encouraging news comes the same day the US recorded 4,085 deaths from COVID-19, setting a grim, new single-day record.
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Hundreds of Domestic Terrorists Violently Storm Capitol Building in Attempted Coup Encouraged By Trump
Vice President Mike Pence was removed from the building due to the violence. This is a breaking story.
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Congress Is on the Verge of Banning Surprise Medical Bills
The average surprise bill for an emergency room visit is $628—a significant amount in a country where most people live paycheck to paycheck.
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Student Loan Debt Is Ruining Lives. Can We Just Cancel It?
About 45 million borrowers in the US collectively owe $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, a burden that has left millennials worse off than their parents, delayed marriages and children, widened the racial wealth gap, and had devastating mental health consequences.
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Need Health Insurance? The ACA Marketplace Is Now Open Until Dec. 15.
A lot has happened in the past 10 days—so much so that you may not realize that the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season began on Nov. 1.
