By Katelyn Gregory RICHMOND, Va. – As the school year comes to an end, many teenagers will be on the hunt for summer employment. They may be out of luck: The unemployment rate for teens is nearly 25 percent – and it has remained high while the rate for older workers has dropped slightly over […]
Virginians ‘Fired Up, Ready to Go’ for Obama Visit
By Leah Small and Ashley McLeod Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Thousands of Virginians were “fired up” to see Barack and Michelle Obama at the Democratic presidential campaign’s “Ready to Go Rally” on Saturday. The rally was aptly named for a chant created by South Carolina resident Edith Childs at a campaign stop […]
Obama Kicks Off Campaign with VCU Rally
By Sherese A. Gore Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid Saturday with a rally at Virginia Commonwealth University, calling the campaign a “make-or-break moment” for the middle class. After stumping at Ohio State University, Obama flew to Richmond to address an enthusiastic crowd of about […]
History Reconstructed: Assembly Honors Black Lawmakers
By Sherese A. Gore Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – “Remember, girls, you’re not anyone; you’re Virginia Teamohs!” At home in New York’s Harlem neighborhood, that’s what Rafia Zafar’s Southern-born grandmother would say to keep her granddaughters in line. Years later, Zafar, a Harvard-educated English professor at Washington University in St. Louis, would come to […]
The Politics and Science behind the Law
By Leah Small Capital News Service [This story accompanies Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection.] Initially, the legislation required women to be told their breast density after having a mammogram and contained this language: If a woman had dense tissue, her radiologist had to send her a letter suggesting that “supplementary screening tests may be […]
Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection
By Leah Small Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Cathryn Tatusko’s yearly mammograms missed her cancer, which soon developed into stage three. Tatusko’s dense breast tissue had masked the large tumor on the yearly mammogram she had just five months before being diagnosed. Even a mammogram she received the day of her diagnosis failed to […]
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