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‘She’s not going to let anything stop her’
In the middle of the moments that defined the first half of her adult life, a period she more than once described as “overwhelming” — enrolling at Virginia Commonwealth University, transferring to a community college, establishing a career, marriage, children, divorce, raising four kids on her own — Sophia Entzminger decided to learn Spanish. She enrolled in a small weekly class at a community center in Chesterfield County. It was not supposed to lead to anything, Entzminger said. Her oldest children were grown and the youngest — twins Noah and Mia — were in high school. Entzminger, a respiratory therapist at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, had noticed an increase in Spanish-speaking patients and thought a knowledge of the language, even a passing one, would be beneficial. She took the class “just to see if I would like it”. She enjoyed it so much that she enrolled in a second class, this one at John Tyler Community College. Then she took a third. Then a fourth. “I took one class every semester — Spanish 1, Spanish 2 — and I think by Spanish 2 the bug had kind of hit me,” Entzminger said. Nearly four years later, after completing three more courses and making three trips to Central America — and as Noah and Mia settle into their first semester in college — Entzminger has returned to VCU to complete a bachelor’s
degree, a process she started more than 30 years ago. “I can’t believe it,” she said, her brown eyes glancing toward the window as she sits in the lobby of James Branch Cabell Library. “I would have never thought in a million years that I would be back in this place.” Entzminger first arrived at VCU in the summer of 1986, a shy 18-yearold from Richmond’s Southside. It did not go well. “It was overwhelming,” she said. “I remember my biology class, walking in and it seemed like an auditorium and I remember the teacher wrote on the overhead projector so everyone could see it. I just don’t think I was ready for the large experience.” She completed her first year then transferred to J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. Her mother suggested the idea. The classes were smaller, and Entzminger could find a trade program as she continued to search for her long-term career. Entzminger remembers leafing through the Reynolds course bulletin as she tried to pick a major. “I always knew that I wanted to work in a hospital and I happened to fall on a page about respiratory therapy,” she said. “I decided to try it, never knew what a respiratory therapist was, what they did, nothing.” Respiratory therapists work with patients suffering from acute or chronic pulmonary dysfunction. Entzminger excelled in the program at Reynolds, and by age 20 she was
Sophia Entzminger in Honduras, where she volunteered. working full time. “I worked in neonatal [care], in all the ICUs. I remember seeing a lot very early — traumas, codes, the sickest of the sickest, cancers, death,” she said. “But I loved critical care, I did love it.” Entzminger settled into a 30-year career in the field. She and boyfriend Timothy Davis, who Entzminger first met when she was 16, were married in 1992. Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter, Nina, and in 1998 the family welcomed a second daughter, Maya. Entzminger left work to spend more time with her children. She did not think about returning to school. “At the time, I did not think about going back,” she said. “I was married. I had a family.” The marriage, however, began to fracture. In 1999, Entzminger returned to work as a respiratory
therapist at Children’s Hospital. Within a year, she learned she was pregnant again, this time with twins. Noah and Mia Davis are like their mother, and unlike each other. “Mia takes a lot after me,” Entzminger said. “She rises early. She is a stickler about time like me. She’s very prompt. Noah has a crazy personality like me; he likes to laugh. Mia’s a little bit more serious.” Like Entzminger, the twins are motivated. Mia, who for years believed she would study journalism, recently discovered a passion for special education. Noah gravitates toward computers, electronics and technology. They are best friends, Mia said. Both received scholarships to attend VCU. “We probably love each other the most and also get into the most disagreements,” Noah said. “We’re
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News (from page 1) completely different people but we fit together really well. It’s like yin and yang.” The twins endured a rocky beginning, born at 29 weeks via emergency cesarean section after complications during the pregnancy. Doctors had to perform CPR on Noah. “His heart wasn’t beating,” Entzminger said. “They didn't tell me at the time. I would have blown my top and they would have had to sedate me.” She was in intensive care for days after the surgery. She remembers little. When Entzminger woke up, her mother was in the room, and a picture of the twins had been set
bedside. hospital. To date, neither has had Entzminger, who worked extensively health complications related to their in neonatal care and pediatrics, had preterm birth. seen babies die after being born too “They’re my miracles,” Entzminger early and babies with long-term said. Two years later, the marriage effects related to premature birth. was over. She began peppering staff with “I remember the twins were almost questions about the twins. 2 or right at 2,” Entzminger said. “The first question I asked was, “It just wasn’t working. I knew the ‘How much do they weigh?’ How marriage wasn’t working.” much they weigh means a lot in She and Davis completed the their recovery,” she said. “And they divorce in 2003. That, she said, was told me they were almost two and a when things were toughest. She was half pounds each, which is fat. And I busy, very busy — a single parent, said, ‘Oh great, we’re good.’ I asked working night shifts at the hospital, if they were on oxygen and they said with three kids in diapers. just a little bit. And they were on a “It’s a big blur,” she said. ventilator, which is normal.” Thankfully, she also had support Mia and Noah spent a month in theT:10”from her parents and a tight
community of friends at Crossover Church in Chesterfield. Kevin Meade, the pastor, and Entzminger had been friends and classmates at George Wythe High School. Meade’s family was about to move to a new house near Amelia County. Instead of putting his four-bedroom home on the market, he invited Entzminger to rent it. She later purchased the house. Church members would bring meals. Meade’s daughter, Charity, helped Entzminger with the kids — “giving baths, getting the kids ready for bed, or just if I needed a break,” Entzminger said. “They were just so supportive the
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(from page 2) whole time,” she said. “The whole village helped raise [the kids].” The family was close, and despite a sometimes chaotic schedule, they made time to be together. “We had our dedicated family time almost every night,” Noah said. “We’d come together in a room and watch TV together. [Mom] loved goofy cartoons, so we always watched SpongeBob, stuff like that.” Though it was at times overwhelming, it was a happy home, Entzminger said. “It was a season in my life,” she said. “I always think all the seasons always add to your life in some way, whether they’re hard and challenging or whether they’re easy and make you laugh every day. They’re all part of the process of making you who you are.” ‘I kept thinking about what I was going to do with my life’ In 2014, around the time the twins were starting high school, Entzminger developed an interest in studying a foreign language. “I thought it would be exciting,” she said. “My last name is German, but as I looked into German I thought it would be too difficult. I said, ‘Let's try Spanish.’ And after I took that little class in the community — and we were learning basics, alphabet, things like that — the teacher told me I had a really good sound for the language and that I should keep studying.” Entzminger didn’t think much of it at the time, but she kept returning to the idea. She saw the growth in the Latino population in the region. She started to think about how she could become more helpful in her community by learning a second language. Within a year, she had completed two classes at John Tyler. “It just hit her,” her daughter Maya said. “Like, ‘Hey, I want to help out.’ From there it just took off.” Entzminger searched for more opportunities to immerse herself in the language, first by assisting with an English as a second language class at the Sacred Heart Center, and then through two service abroad trips — one to Guatemala with the Highland Support Project and one to Honduras as part of an annual program led by VCU doctors Gonzalo Bearman, M.D., and Michael Stevens, M.D. “I didn’t want to go on a beach vacation, I wanted to immerse myself, to learn and see how other
Sophia Entzminger, middle, with her daughter, Mia, and son, Noah. PHOTO: Kevin Morley people lived,” Entzminger said. Back home, she volunteered as a translator with the Bon Secours Care-A-Van mobile clinic and through a charity, Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, which provides translation services at immigration detention centers. She took another class at John Tyler, then one at Reynolds. Her fifth class was at VCU, and involved a three-week abroad experience in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she lived with a host family and took Spanish classes six hours a day. By 2017, Entzminger had taken all the Spanish classes offered through area community colleges. With the twins approaching high school graduation, she found herself thinking about a return to VCU. “I kept thinking about what I was going to do with my life,” she said. “My kids are older, what do I do with my time? I thought about some options. Did I want to go back and do nursing? I thought about taking an exam to further my career in respiratory therapy. And of course there was Spanish. “I just had all these things going in my head, and close to [their] graduation it just hit me.” Entzminger carries her transcripts — from VCU, Reynolds and John Tyler — wherever she goes, tucked into a folder in her gray backpack. One Monday last spring, she finished a 12-hour night shift at the hospital and drove to campus to speak with
an academic adviser about pursuing a Spanish degree. “They thought they would accept most of my credits and that I could be a junior, that I could graduate in about four or five semesters,” Entzminger said. “I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I was so excited and I went home and told the twins. “I always wanted to set an example of education for my kids. Even though I had a good job and a two-year degree from a community college, I definitely wanted to set the example of continuing, of never stopping the learning and growing process.” That outlook is inspiring, said Maya, currently a student at John Tyler. “I think that’s really cool and I think it’s inspiring, that you can go back to school, and it’s not too late, and you can make a difference,” she said. “My mom is older and she decided she wanted to go back to school full time and work full time. I don’t know how she does it. “I’m proud of her. I’m proud of them,” she said of her mother and twin siblings. When they all were accepted to VCU, Entzminger spoke to the twins about the importance of a college education. She reminded them they were focused and motivated. She told them they had a lot to give and much to learn. “You’re going to be the first in this house to graduate with a four-year college degree,” she told them. Noah corrected his mother. “We’re not going to be the first. You are.” The three enrolled at VCU in
August. Noah is studying computer science. Mia wants to be a special education teacher. Entzminger also wants to teach. “I want to berth in this generation a desire to be bilingual, to learn another language and the advantages of it and of travel,” she said. “And I want to help others who are here who say they can’t learn English, who are afraid. I just use myself as an example that you can learn a language; it’s helpful to learn a language and it’s only going to help you. “I belong here. I feel like I belong here.” Mia wants to be bilingual like her mother. She said her determination is inspiring. “I know it’s a rarity to go to school with your twin and your mom, but for me it’s all I’ve ever known. It’s not odd,” Mia said. “She’s not going to let anything stop her, not her age, not her kids, nothing. I just admire that about her.” Their schedules pull them all over. Entzminger is still working full time, and her five fall classes are packed into two days. Sometimes she and Noah meet for lunch. Of course, there are ground rules when the family gets together on campus. “They can’t yell ‘Mom!’ across Shafer Court or anything like that; they’ll blow my cover,” Entzminger said, laughing. “They have to call me by my first name.” The kids call her “Mom” anyway. “It’s a work in progress,” Entzminger said. © VCU NEWS
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Stewart faces Republican challenger for county seat If Virginia Republican Corey A. Stewart loses his bid on Nov. 6 to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), he will face a strong Republican challenger next year in Prince William County, where he chairs the board of supervisors. Martin E. Nohe, a veteran supervisor who also chairs the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, said recently he will run for Stewart’s seat regardless of the outcome of the Senate race. Nohe, who was first elected in 2003, said Stewart’s larger political
ambitions in recent years have been a distraction for Virginia’s secondmost populous jurisdiction. Stewart — who ran for governor last year and for lieutenant governor in 2013 — has often missed board meetings to campaign, making it harder to resolve some local issues, said Nohe (R-Coles), who is vice chair of the county board. Stewart is serving his fourth term on the board, which expires next year. Moreover, Stewart, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has been a divisive figure
in the increasingly moderate county with his hard line position on illegal immigration and calls to preserve Confederate monuments in Virginia that have attracted support from white nationalists, Nohe said. “Frankly, Prince William County needs a board chairman who is focused on being board chairman,” said Nohe, who plans to make the region’s traffic congestion central to his campaign. “In order for Prince William County to be at its best, we need a chairman who is bringing positive
attention to our community rather than bringing attention to the politics of our community,” he said. Stewart, who trails Kaine by nearly 20 points in most polls, said recently that he hasn’t decided whether he would run for reelection as board chair should he lose the Senate race. He said he doesn’t fault Nohe for launching a campaign now but took issue with Nohe’s characterization that he hasn’t been focused on Prince William County issues. “I’ve been doing this job for a long time and I’ve got great staff,” said Stewart, who was first elected as chair in 2007 in an election fueled by local resentments over illegal immigration. “I’ve been spending all day today working on county stuff.” Any elections in Prince William next fall will take place in a county that has become more moderate in recent years. The county favored Hillary Clinton by 21 points in 2016 and Gov. Ralph Northam by 23 points last year. Prince William voters also sent five freshman Democrats to the General Assembly last year, part of a blue wave of victories that leveled the balance of power in Richmond. Ann Wheeler, a Democrat who also plans to run for Stewart’s seat, said a political shift is underway that could loosen the Republican Party’s grip on the county board. “You can see the county is trending blue,” said Wheeler, a former energy consultant who plans to include public school funding as a campaign issue. Supervisor Pete Candland (R-Gainesville) said Nohe, a moderate Republican, would have a good shot at winning the chairmanship if he secures the party’s nomination. But, Candland said, Nohe would have a hard time beating Stewart should the two wind up going head to head because there are still enough conservative voters in the county who favor Stewart. “It would be a very interesting race,” Candland said. “A lot of politicians in Prince William County, and residents, are wondering what Corey will do.” -WP
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Voting is a responsibility DEL. PAUL KRIZEK Voting is a right, a privilege, and a responsibility. Our country is founded on the democratic principle that every citizen should have a say in who represents them. On. Nov. 6, there is an important midterm election. Historically, the midterms have far lower voter turnout than presidential elections. The 2014 midterm election had the lowest voter turnout in 72 years! Only 36.3 percent of citizens voted nationwide and we weren’t much better in Virginia where turnout was only 36.7 percent. This means that in the last midterm 63.3 percent of our fellow Virginians did not exercise their constitutional right to vote. We must do better this year and ensure that many more Virginians get to the polls. If you are unsure of where you go to vote please visit the Virginia Department of Elections website elections.virginia.gov to confirm your polling location. Before you leave for your polling location there are a few things you need to do. First, bring a valid Virginia I.D. A drivers license, veterans I.D. card, passport or a valid college or university photo I.D are all acceptable. To view the The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 4 No. 44 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com
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spouse of a military member who had a military connected disability to continue receiving a real property tax exemption if they decide to move. Currently, if the surviving spouse changes primary residences they lose the exemption. This amendment is a fair way to ensure that the family members of our veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The second amendment would allow localities the flexibility to provide a partial tax exemption for property that is subject to recurrent flooding if flooding resiliency improvements have been made on the property. In plain English, this is an attempt to incentivize people to make their homes as flood resistant as possible. I would recommend you vote yes to each of these amendments. Also, I recommend you vote for our incumbent U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who is well respected and have a strong legacy of public service. If you don’t have time to research the candidates and amendments beforehand there should be individuals from both the Democratic and Republican
party outside of the polling location handing out sample ballots and other literature about each of the candidates. Finally, if for some reason a poll worker says you are not registered to vote, or you have forgotten your I.D. and there is not enough time to go home and retrieve it, make sure you ask to fill out a provisional ballot. Unfortunately, for many, it can be tough to get to the polls on election day between work, traffic, and other responsibilities. It can be especially difficult for our senior citizens to get to the polls on election day if bad weather brings dangerous ice and snow. Ensuring everyone has the opportunity to vote is the foundation of our Democracy. One of the most important ways to secure that foundation is to make sure the next generation understands the importance of voting from a young age. Please make sure you take the time to vote this year. Krizek is a Democrat who represents the 44th District in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Fear mongering? As I sat down last night to write my column about the upcoming election, the national headlines running across every television broadcast in America referenced the pipe bombs sent to the homes and offices of two former presidents, former Cabinet members, members of Congress, a former CIA director, a philanthropist who has supported Democrats, and the free press. There is much that we don’t know yet, but what we do know is that all the targets were critics of Donald Trump — and Trump has named them in recent hostile campaign rallies and caustic tweets. Somebody is paying attention. Trump's rallies, like his tweets, have been hard to watch, but they clearly reveal a political strategy of fear, based on continual and unapologetic lying, which deliberately evokes racial resentment and hatred. This
president’s purpose is indeed to divide us, especially along racial lines. Again, we don’t yet know who is directly responsible for this latest string of violence, but it can no longer be said that there is no relationship between violent presidential rhetoric against opponents and the media, and the violent action against those very people. You can no longer say, “I don’t like his rhetoric and tweets, but I like his policies.” It’s Trump’s deliberate strategy of racial division that unites his base, fanning the flames of fearing “the other” — which is a direct assault on biblical priorities and a denial of the teachings of Jesus. Jim Wallis
Things have been worse before
It’s closing in on a week before an American election. For some people this means that everything absolutely must be about nothing but that election, with hyperbole. The president of the United States is fear-mongering over the approach of a convoy of Latin American immigrants to get his “base” to the polls. His Democratic opponents are pretending that every Republican voter is a potential mail-bomber, for the same purpose.
As I write this, a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pennsylvania doesn’t seem to lend itself well to the election narrative yet. Democrats are already trying to make it about guns. Republicans note that the shooter apparently disliked Trump for being “too pro-Israel.” I’m sure the competing election-related talking points will jell before Election Day. Things seem pretty bad, don’t they? In fact, in a Facebook political conversation the other day a loved one somberly informed me that “things have never been this bad.” Whoa. Just one minute there. Never? Even focusing on the three aforementioned items, that’s not the case. Migrant caravans have been running since at least 2010, “suspicious packages” have been a weekly occurrence since the 2001 anthrax scare, and mass shootings at churches (and schools, and workplaces, etc.) have been abovethe-fold news items since Columbine. But let’s look back a little and remember how bad it’s been before. Does the date Sept. 11, 2001 ring any bells? How about the Los Angeles riots of 1992 (or the Watts Rebellion of 1965)? The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, followed by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 and preceded by the assassinations
of Malcolm X on Feb. 21, 1965 and John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963? Remember Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)? Or Black Friday (Oct. 29, 1929)? Or the whole period from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 (and after)? It’s a long, long way downhill from where we’re at, and we’ve been much, much further down that slope before. More violent. More fearful. More bigoted. Definitely poorer. The November 6 election won’t likely be remembered as any kind of major turning point in history. It’s not “the most important election” of the last two, let alone of our lifetimes or our country’s. Yes, things will almost certainly get a little worse, whichever party “wins” and no matter how resoundingly, because that’s the direction we were already headed in and not many Americans seem inclined to change direction back toward freedom (if they were, Libertarians would run the election table; the polls indicate no such trend). Yes, the future looks pretty grim in general. Economic depression, rampant political violence, even open civil war aren’t something we’re magically immune to. But neither are those things lurking right around the corner because you vote “wrong” (or don’t vote at all) on Nov. 6. Thomas Knapp
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Symposium celebrates legacy of Wyatt Tee Walker The University of Richmond School of Arts & Sciences recently hosted the Wyatt Tee Walker Symposium, focused on celebrating of the life and legacy of Walker, the late distinguished theologian and civil rights leader, who served as chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr. Walker, who died in February, was formerly executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The free afternoon symposium was originally scheduled in September and had to be postponed due to inclement weather. It featured keynote lecture by Rev. Joseph Evans, dean of Morehouse School of Religion and close Walker family friend. The symposium included a preview of Walker’s personal collection, which he donated to the University of Richmond Boatwright Memorial Library. The collection includes hundreds of historical pieces, including papers, recorded sermons, and memorabilia. The library continues to process and catalogue the collection, which will be available for research. “This symposium celebrate[d] Dr. Walker as a civil rights pioneer who was a champion for equality and inclusion, principles that have become foundational to the University of Richmond,” said UR President Ronald A. Crutcher, who delivered welcoming remarks. “We were honored to be gifted his personal collection, and we look forward to helping preserve and ensure access to Walker’s legacy for generations to come.” The symposium kicked off a series of themed programming called
“Contested Spaces: Race, Nation, and Conflict,” which focuses on conversations centered around conflict resulting from ethnic, racial, and cultural differences. “Rev. Walker was the largest single developer of affordable housing in New York City and held many pivotal roles in contesting racially defined spaces,” said Patrice Rankine, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, who moderated a panel discussion focusing on Walker’s legacy. “The Walker Symposium continues an important conversation about equity and justice and launches further inquiry as to how we talk about and apply these values on our campus, in our nation, and in the world.”
Vigils, townhalls in wake of Sabbath shooting In the wake of the religious-bias shooting in Pittsburgh, the Richmond area Ohef Sholom congregation came together for a service of healing followed by a town hall meeting. The event was billed as a time to pray, to process, to be together, to ask questions, and to discuss the ways congregants can contribute to the peace that most s fervently seek in this world. The synagogue’s security consultant, Joe Bouchard, briefed attendees during the meeting and wasavailable to answer questions. “In this difficult time, may we remember that we are stronger together,” notes synagogue leaders. “We will never let hatred or fear deter us from living out our Jewish lives fully and with joy.” Separately, Kim Bobo and Pastor Rodney Hunter, who are co-directors of Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, issued a statement saying they were “devastated by the tragic news of the murderous attack” at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The center recently held various vigils in Richmond, Norfolk and Williamsburg to remember victims.
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Bible museum admits some of its dead sea scrolls are not real Oklahoma billionaires who run the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores and who famously sued the Obama administration on religious grounds, saying they didn’t want to pay to provide their employees access to the morning-after pill or intrauterine devices. The Greens are the primary backers of the Museum of the Bible and went on an archaeological acquisition spree in the years leading up to the museum’s opening. In addition to the alleged Dead Sea Scrolls fragments, the Greens ran afoul of the Justice Department, which said they had acquired thousands of smuggled artifacts looted from Iraq and elsewhere. The family agreed last year to return those artifacts and pay a $3 million fine.
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In this Oct. 30, 2017, file photo, security workers stand inside a large open stairwell area at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. PHOTO: Jacquelyn Martin ASHRAF KHALIL When Washington’s $500 million Museum of the Bible held its grand opening in November 2017, attended by Vice President Mike Pence, there were questions even then about the authenticity of its centerpiece collection of Dead Sea Scrolls. Now the museum has been forced to admit a painful truth: Technical analysis by a team of German scholars has revealed that at least five of the museum’s 16 scroll fragments are apparent forgeries. The announcement has serious implications not only for the Bible Museum but for other evangelical Christian individuals and institutions who paid top dollar for
what now seems to be a massive case of archaeological fraud. Jeffrey Kloha, chief curator for the Museum of the Bible, said in a statement that the revelation is “an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of verifying the authenticity of rare biblical artifacts, the elaborate testing process undertaken and our commitment to transparency.” The scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish religious texts first discovered in the mid-1940s in caves on the western shore of the Dead Sea in what is now Israel. The massive cache of Hebrew documents is believed to date back to the days of Jesus. With more than 9,000 documents and 50,000 fragments,
the entire collection took decades to fully excavate. Most of the scrolls and fragments are tightly controlled by the Israeli Antiquities Authority. But around 2002, a wave of new fragments began mysteriously appearing on the market, despite skepticism from Biblical scholars. These fragments, they warned, were specifically designed to target American evangelical Christians, who prize the scrolls. That appears to be exactly what happened; a Baptist seminary in Texas and an evangelical college in California reportedly paid millions to purchase alleged pieces of the scrolls. Also eagerly buying up fragments was the Green family — evangelical
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Community members take to the coast to map and measure the ‘King Tide’ Groups of volunteers collect data to help stem sea level rise A group of nine community members organized by the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter participated in an annual mapping of King Tide, as part of the second annual Catch the King event. These participant scientists put boots on the ground to map the inundations from one of the highest tides of the year, the “King Tide”, using the SeaLevelRise app. “Being a lifelong resident of Norfolk I used to think the flooding was normal,” said I’esha Wynn, Conservation program manager at Sierra Club Virginia Chapter. “It wasn’t until I became more aware of the dangers of climate change like sea level rise that I realized we must take more proactive measures to combat living with a
Scientists seek help to map King Tide levels sinking coastline and rising seas.” During the event participants walked along the
tide, as it inundated city streets, for over an hour dropping GPS data points to be analyzed and released in a report by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. This report provides quantitative guidance on how to prepare for sea level rise. Being involved with the Catch the King Tide event “gives you the chance to collect data that will help improve models that are used to predict future flood events,” said John Luker, chair of the Sierra Club Chesapeake Bay Group. The King Tide event comes at a “pivotal” time for addressing sea level rise and climate change notes the club. In early October, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called for urgent action on climate change in a landmark report. On Oct. 18, the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission voted to adopt planning rules that require developers to account for the future impacts of sea level rise.
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Author Ntozake Shange of ‘For Colored Girls’ fame MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism, sexism, violence and rape experienced by seven Black women. It has been influential to generations of progressive thinkers, from #MeToo architect Tarana Burke to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. After learning of Shange’s death, Nottage called her “our warrior poet/dramatist.” Savannah Shange, a professor of anthropology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, said Saturday that her mother died in her sleep at an assisted living facility in Bowie, Maryland. She had suffered a series of strokes in 2004. “She spoke for, and in fact embodied, the ongoing struggle of Black women and girls to live with dignity and respect in the context of systemic racism, sexism and oppression,” Savannah Shange said. “For Colored Girls” is an interwoven series of poetic monologues set to music — Shange coined the form a “choreopoem” for it — by African-American women, each identified only by a color that she wears. Shange used idiosyncratic punctuation and nonstandard spellings in her work, challenging conventions. One of her characters shouts, “i will raise my voice / & scream & holler / & break things & race the engine / & tell all yr secrets bout yrself to yr face.” It played some 750 performances on Broadway — only the second play
In this Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, author Ntozake Shange attends a special screening of “For Colored Girls” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. PHOTO: Evan Agostini by an African-American woman after “A Raisin in the Sun” — and was turned into a feature film by Tyler Perry starring Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington and Janet Jackson. Born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey, she went on to graduate from Barnard College and got a master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Her father, Dr. Paul T. Williams, was a surgeon.
Her mother, Eloise Owens Williams, was a professor of social work. She later assumed a new Zulu name: Ntozake means “She who comes with her own things” and Shange means “She who walks like a lion.” “For Colored Girls” opened at the Public Theater in downtown Manhattan, with Shange, then 27, performing as one of the women. The New York Times reviewer called it
“extraordinary and wonderful” and “a very humbling but inspiring thing for a White man to experience.” It earned Shange an Obie Award and she won a second such award in 1981 for her adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children” at the Public Theater. Shange’s other 15 plays include “A Photograph: A Study of Cruelty” (1977), “Boogie Woogie Landscapes” (1977), “Spell No. 7” (1979) and “Black and White Two Dimensional Planes” (1979). Her list of published works includes 19 poetry collections, six novels, five children’s books and three collections of essays. Some of her novels are “Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo” (1982) and “Some Sing, Some Cry,” with her sister, Ifa Bayeza. Her poetry collections include “I Live in Music” (1994) and “The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family” (2004). She appeared in an episode of “Transparent” and helped narrate the 2002 documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.” She worked with such Black theater companies as the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco; the New Freedom Theater in Philadelphia; Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick, New Jersey; St. Louis Black Rep; Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota; and The Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas. Shange taught at Brown University, Rice University, Villanova University, DePaul University, Prairie View University and Sonoma State University. She also lectured at Yale, Howard, New York University, among others. In addition to her daughter and sister, Shange is survived by sister Bisa Williams, brother Paul T. Williams, Jr. and a granddaughter, Harriet Shange-Watkins.
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Young voters motivated by politics could swell turnout A record-breaking number of 18- and 19-yearolds are projected to vote on Nov. 6, motivated in part by the Trump administration’s policies and by the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead, a new survey shows. But chances are they won’t know much about the candidates on the ballot. A new survey shows that a whopping 63 percent of 18- and 19-year-olds plan to vote in the upcoming general election, but 47 percent couldn't name a single candidate and only 21 percent could name one. “It goes without saying that this is a high stakes election for the country, and, I would add, for education in part there is a great deal at stake,” said Erik Robelen, deputy director at the Education Writers Association. “There is a lot going on in elections this year, and a lot of us have been struck by the recent surge in political activism. The big question is how that activism will be translated at the polls.” The unique survey, conducted in September by the Education Week Research Center, zeroed in on more than 1,300 18- and 19-year-olds who have never voted in a general election. Respondents were split evenly between female and male, and included teenagers from rural, suburban and urban areas. Nearly half of the respondents were enrolled in college or were high school students. About 31 percent said they were a registered as Democrats, 25 percent as independents and 20 percent as Republicans. Notably, 35 percent said they were moderate in their political views. The survey included questions about voting plans, level of civic engagement, sources of information and issues driving them to the ballot box. The survey’s turnout numbers are striking since midterm elections typically face lower turnout, and that's especially true for young voters. During the last midterm election in 2014, overall voter turnout was 42 percent, according to the U.S. Census, down from 46 percent in 2010. But only 20 percent of eligible voters 18- to 29-yearsold cast a ballot. Holly Yettick, director of the research center and lead author of the survey, said she’s skeptical that will translate at the polls in November, especially since so few could name candidates. But she noted the increased interest and engagement in politics since the mass shooting
School shooting survivors speak at an event in Colorado in April. In a recent survey of 18- and 19-year-olds, 40 percent said the Parkland shooting has influenced their political engagement. in Parkland, Florida, which spurred the March for Our Lives, where more than 1 million people flooded the National Mall to advocate for stricter gun laws. Those who said they planned to vote cited school shootings as a top concern. In addition, 40 percent said the Parkland shooting has influenced their political engagement and 39 percent cited the Trump administration. “It does seem like Parkland is having an influence,” Yettick said. “Political engagement has increased since the school shooting, but the most said that school shootings are a top issue.” The findings are mirrored by others similarly assessing young voters. For example, a new national poll of more than 2,200 14- to 29-years-olds finds that school shootings are the most concerning issue when they think about the future of the country and that they’re likely to carry these concerns into voting booths. The poll, directed by John Della Volpe, CEO of SocialSphere and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, found that 67 percent said school shootings are one of country’s most pressing issues, a figure that rises to 71 percent when asked of those most likely to vote.
“While talk of school shootings may have quieted in the media, this Columbine Generation – who has grown up facing the threat of school shootings every day – has been traumatized and remains energized unlike any time since Sept. 11th,” Della Volpe said. “An older generation would not understand walking into a classroom … and thinking ‘this could be a really easy room for someone to shoot up.’ The same daily weight on an adults’ shoulders such as bills, and taxes is what children feel about living or dying.” Last week, students gathered in Baltimore at an event hosted by the Council of the Great City Schools to discuss how they can become more engaged citizens. They named gun violence, mental health, immigration and the #MeToo movement as the most pressing issues for them. The Education Week Research Center survey also bolstered concerns aired by Secretary of Education Betsy Devos earlier this month that not enough students are taking civics classes and that's having a negative impact on their ability to engage with one another and the world around them. Indeed, the survey found that less than half of students took a stand-along civics class in high school. Those who’ve never taken civics in school are less likely to plan to vote. © USNWR
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The LEGACY Explanation for Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Be Voted On at the November 6, 2018, Election PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE X. Taxation and Finance. Section 6-A. Property tax exemption for certain veterans and their surviving spouses and surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action.
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BALLOT QUESTION Shall the real property tax exemption for a primary residence that is currently provided to the surviving spouses of veterans who had a one hundred percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability be amended to allow the surviving spouse to move to a different primary residence and still claim the exemption? EXPLANATION Present Law The Constitution of Virginia currently requires the General Assembly to exempt from taxation the principal place of residence of any veteran who has been determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. This tax exemption is also provided to the surviving spouse of such a veteran, so long as the surviving spouse continues to occupy that property as the surviving spouse’s principal place of residence. Proposed Amendment The proposed amendment would allow the surviving spouse of any veteran who has been determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability to continue to claim the tax exemption currently provided, even if the surviving spouse moves to a new principal place of residence that is owned by the surviving spouse. A “yes” vote will allow these surviving spouses to move to a new principal place of residence that is owned by the surviving spouse and still claim the tax exemption. A “no” vote will not allow such surviving spouses to move and still claim the tax exemption. FULL TEXT OF AMENDMENT Amend Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia as follows: ARTICLE X TAXATION AND FINANCE Section 6-A. Property tax exemption for certain veterans and their surviving spouses and surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6, the General Assembly by general law, and within the restrictions and conditions prescribed therein, shall exempt from taxation the real property, including the joint real property of husband and wife, of any veteran who has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency pursuant to federal law to have a one hundred percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability, and who occupies the real property as his or her principal place of residence. The General Assembly shall also provide this exemption from taxation for real property owned by the surviving spouse of a veteran who was eligible for the exemption provided in this subdivision, so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry. This exemption applies to the surviving spouse’s principal place of residence without any restriction on the spouse’s moving to a different principal place of residence. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6, the General Assembly by general law, and within the restrictions and conditions prescribed therein, may exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any member of the armed forces of the United States who was killed in action as determined by the United States Department of Defense, who occupies the real property as his or her principal place of residence. The exemption under this subdivision shall cease if the surviving spouse remarries and shall not be claimed thereafter. This exemption applies regardless of whether the spouse was killed in action prior to the effective date of this subdivision, but the exemption shall not be applicable for any period of time prior to the effective date. This exemption applies to the surviving spouse’s principal place of residence without any restriction on the spouse’s moving to a different principal place of residence and without any requirement that the spouse reside in the Commonwealth at the time of death of the member of the armed forces.
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, right, spoke to a supporter during a “Your Health Care, Your Vote” tour stop this month in St. Charles. Ms. McCaskill has focused her re-election campaign on health care. PHOTO: Whitney Curtis TRIP GABRIEL COLUMBIA, Mo. — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill isn’t subtle in reminding voters what her campaign is all about. She’s rechristened it the “Your Health Care, Your Vote” tour. The turnaround could not be more startling. After years of running as far as they could from President Barack Obama’s health care law, McCaskill and vulnerable Senate Democrats in Florida, West Virginia and other political battlegrounds have increasingly focused their closing argument on a single issue: saving the Affordable Care Act. Now, with Republicans desperate to reposition themselves and come up with their own health care pitch, and with the elections roiled by gale-force winds on immigration
and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, the question is whether health care will be enough to save her and Democrats in other key Senate races. Most recently, the mail bombs sent from Florida and the fatal synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday have added jagged new pieces with the potential to further disrupt both parties’ strategies. McCaskill and her Republican opponent, the Missouri attorney general, Josh Hawley, clashed sharply over health care once again at their final debate on Thursday. She lambasted him for participating in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and would
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www.LEGACYnewspaper.com Explanation for Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Be Voted On at the November 6, 2018, Election PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE X. Taxation and Finance. Section 6. Exempt property. BALLOT QUESTION
Should a county, city, or town be authorized to provide a partial tax exemption for real property that is subject to recurrent flooding, if flooding resiliency improvements have been made on the property? EXPLANATION Present Law Generally, the Constitution of Virginia provides that all property shall be taxed. The Constitution of Virginia also sets out specific types of property that may be exempted from taxation. For example, the Constitution of Virginia allows the General Assembly to permit localities to provide a partial exemption from real estate taxes as an incentive for property owners to make substantial improvements to existing structures by renovating, rehabilitating, or replacing those structures. Proposed Amendment The proposed amendment would authorize the General Assembly to allow localities to provide a partial tax exemption for real property that is subject to recurrent flooding, if improvements have been made on the property to address flooding. The General Assembly and participating localities would be allowed to place restrictions or conditions on qualification for the tax exemption. A “yes” vote will authorize the General Assembly to allow localities to provide a partial tax exemption for real property that is subject to recurrent flooding, if improvements have been made on the property to address flooding. A “no” vote will not allow such a tax exemption. FULL TEXT OF AMENDMENT Amend Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia as follows: ARTICLE X TAXATION AND FINANCE Section 6. Exempt property. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the following property and no other shall be exempt from taxation, State and local, including inheritance taxes: (1) Property owned directly or indirectly by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, and obligations of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof exempt by law. (2) Real estate and personal property owned and exclusively occupied or used by churches or religious bodies for religious worship or for the residences of their ministers. (3) Private or public burying grounds or cemeteries, provided the same are not operated for profit. (4) Property owned by public libraries or by institutions of learning not conducted for profit, so long as such property is primarily used for literary, scientific, or educational purposes or purposes incidental thereto. This provision may also apply to leasehold interests in such property as may be provided by general law. (5) Intangible personal property, or any class or classes thereof, as may be exempted in whole or in part by general law. (6) Property used by its owner for religious, charitable, patriotic, historical, benevolent, cultural, or public park and playground purposes, as may be provided by classification or designation by an ordinance adopted by the local governing body and subject to such restrictions and conditions as provided by general law. (7) Land subject to a perpetual easement permitting inundation by water as may be exempted in whole or in part by general law. (b) The General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to provide for the exemption from local property taxation, or a portion thereof, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of real estate and personal property designed for continuous habitation owned by, and occupied as the sole dwelling of, persons not less than sixty-five years of age or persons permanently and totally disabled as established by general law. A local governing body may be authorized to establish either income or financial worth limitations, or both, in order to qualify for such relief. (c) Except as to property of the Commonwealth, the General Assembly by general law may restrict or condition, in whole or in part, but not extend, any or all of the above exemptions. (d) The General Assembly may define as a separate subject of taxation any property, including real or personal property, equipment, facilities, or devices, used primarily for the purpose of abating or preventing pollution of the atmosphere or waters of the Commonwealth or for the purpose of transferring or storing solar energy, and by general law may allow the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to exempt or partially exempt such property from taxation, or by general law may directly exempt or partially exempt such property from taxation. (e) The General Assembly may define as a separate subject of taxation household goods, personal effects and tangible farm property and products, and by general law may allow the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to exempt or partially exempt such property from taxation, or by general law may directly exempt or partially exempt such property from taxation. (f) Exemptions of property from taxation as established or authorized hereby shall be strictly construed; provided, however, that all property exempt from taxation on the effective date of this section shall continue to be exempt until otherwise provided by the General Assembly as herein set forth. (g) The General Assembly may by general law authorize any county, city, town, or regional government to impose a service charge upon the owners of a class or classes of exempt property for services provided by such governments. (h) The General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to provide for a partial exemption from local real property taxation, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, (i) of real estate whose improvements, by virtue of age and use, have undergone substantial renovation, rehabilitation or replacement or (ii) of real estate with new structures and improvements in conservation, redevelopment, or rehabilitation areas. (i) The General Assembly may by general law allow the governing body of any county, city, or town to exempt or partially exempt from taxation any generating equipment installed after December thirty-one, nineteen hundred seventy-four, for the purpose of converting from oil or natural gas to coal or to wood, wood bark, wood residue, or to any other alternate energy source for manufacturing, and any co-generation equipment installed since such date for use in manufacturing. (j) The General Assembly may by general law allow the governing body of any county, city, or town to have the option to exempt or partially exempt from taxation any business, occupational or professional license or any merchants’ capital, or both. (k) The General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide for a partial exemption from local real property taxation, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of improved real estate subject to recurrent flooding upon which flooding abatement, mitigation, or resiliency efforts have been undertaken.
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Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, psychologist, race relations expert, and author of “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” will be featured during the Sharp Speaker Series: “The Empathy Gap and the Power of Dialogue” at University of Richmond, Queally Center, Breed Pavilion. University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher has invited prominent thought leaders from a variety of backgrounds to the Richmond campus as they dive deep into debated issues surrounding higher education. Crutcher and Tatum will discuss how the “empathy gap,” a residual effect of persistent segregation by race in the United States, affects cross-cultural relationships on campuses.
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Virginia Credit Union will offer a free seminar with practical steps for identifying and prioritizing debt, reducing expenses, and accelerating the repayment of debt. The “Strategies for Eliminating Debt” seminar will be offered at Virginia Credit Union in the Boulders Office Park, 7500 Boulder View Dr., Richmond. To register, call 804-323-6800 or visit www.vacu.org/seminars
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University of Richmond to spotlight South African Culture during International Week South African films and photos, as well as a Bok Walk and Illuminated Tree Walk will be featured during The University of Richmond’s campus-wide celebration of International Education Week Nov. 12-16. Themes of justice, inequality, commemoration, and environmental stewardship will be explored in the classroom and through campus programming. Events include: African Film Weekend: Exploring South Africa, Nov. 9 – 11 This annual festival of contemporary film features a selection of the most highly-acclaimed work produced throughout Africa and celebrates African culture through cinema. Free and open to the public, both UR and the greater Richmond communities have the opportunity to explore South African culture through the realm of filmmaking. The full schedule can be viewed on the festival website. Photo Exhibit: Unequal Scenes, Nov. 12 – 16 Specializing in drone and aerial photography, Johnny Miller's work explores poverty and inequality in clear and evocative fashion from high above. From golf courses next to shanty towns to super highways buzzing near housing projects, his drone has peered above cities on multiple continents. In this exhibit, his photos of South Africa and Richmond, Virginia -- separated by thousands of miles -- hang side by side and explore themes of segregation and inequality. The photos have been currated and captioned by students from UR’s Geography department Bok Walk & Breakfast, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. South Africa Week will kick off with a walk across campus named in honor of South Africa’s national animal, and rugby team mascot, the springbok, a type of antelope. Members of the campus community will gather at the Forum as local dancers, drummers, and those who have lived in South Africa lead the campus community to the International Center Commons for a continental breakfast and short program highlighting events and themes for the week. Walk participants will be dressed in festive accessories that speak to South African arts and culture. Socks, hats, or scarves with colors or patterns from the national flag, Springbok rugby gear, and patterned and colorful textiles will be on display. Illuminated Tree Walk & Annual International Dinner, Nov. 14, 5 p.m. The greater Richmond community is invited to join the campus community for a scenic and reflective walk across campus, starting at the International Center with sung “call and response”. The walk, marked by illuminated trees, will feature pop-up stations that will highlight South African culture and influence, including protest, children’s literature, sport, and travel.
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Here’s a bit of nostalgia: vintage crayons! These could be fun gifts or great additions to collections of Americana. Petersburg City Public Schools is selling the vintage crayons to raise money for classroom supplies. The Milton Bradley Tru-tone no-roll crayons were discovered in the school system’s warehouse. Being offered at auction are 12 lots of varying sizes. Lots 1-4 end Nov. 8, lots 5-8 end Nov. 9, and lots 9-12 end Nov. 12. To see what is available, go to www.govdeals.com and type “Petersburg schools” in the search bar. Because product safety standards have changed in the decades since these crayons were made, they are being sold as collectibles (not for use by children). All money raised from the sale of the vintage crayons will be used to help stock the Petersburg Teacher Supply Closet, a store where Petersburg teachers can select free items for their classrooms.
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VCU Health Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Wellness Center will host an educational seminar on joint replacement. The seminar will be held at the center at 11958 W. Broad St. in Richmond and is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended. Join Jeremy Ross, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, to learn the hidden truth about joint replacement. Uncover the misconceptions about non-operative treatment options for joint replacement and learn about various surgical options. Additionally, learn what happens during the surgery and what you can expect afterward. For more information or to register, go to vcuhealth.org/events or call 804-628-0041.
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(from page 14) end its protections for those with pre-existing conditions. He said he supported a program that would protect patients with high medical costs outside the current health care law. On the same day, President Trump proposed that Medicare pay for certain prescription drugs based on the prices paid in other industrialized countries — one recent initiative coming from the White House and Republicans after years of campaigning on killing the Affordable Care Act without offering Former President Barack Obama a replacement that would include on the campaign trail in 2018. comparable protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. week: “Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Trump announced falsely last Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote October he had already killed the Republican.” Affordable Care Act, saying: “It’s And on Friday, Obama, in dead. It’s gone. It’s no longer.” speeches in Detroit and Milwaukee, Senate Republicans introduced mocked Republican ads on health legislation in August they said care, accusing them of trying to would protect people with prerewrite history and their own existing conditions. But health positions after seeking for years to experts say the bill would allow repeal the Affordable Care Act. insurers to exclude services and It is unknown whether Democrats’ treatment for certain pre-existing health care message will hold up as conditions. Trump, through almost daily rallies Nonetheless, Trump tweeted last
and frequent Twitter blasts, tries to dominate television news and social media in the campaign’s final days. He has said the midterms would be about “Kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense.” But after years of trying and failing to rally voters behind the complicated features of Obama’s health care law, Democrats have discovered this year the emotional power of one of its benefits, protecting people with pre-existing illnesses. The subject has lit up polls, monopolized advertising budgets and driven a national strategy for Democrats, who are defending 10
Senate seats in states Trump won and are relying heavily on health care as a defining issue in key states including Arizona, Florida, West Virginia and Nevada. “This is the message coming straight from people in the red states,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democrats’ Senate campaign committee. Republicans have been put on the defensive, insisting in TV ads featuring their family members that they, too, support affordable care for people with pre-existing conditions. © NYT
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