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INSIDE Focus on Va.’s role in Nov. 8 election - 3 Managing pain and opiod additions for blacks - 6 Terror in NY & holes in Virginia’s ID system- 9 Hope after racist vandalism in NoVa. school - 10
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Key town in civil rights movement hosts VP debate STEVE BARAGONA FARMVILLE (VOA) — The battle to succeed the nation’s first black president arrived this week in Farmville, one of the towns where the modern civil rights movement began. A student strike in 1951 helped bring an end to racial segregation in public education. The vice presidential debate at Farmville’s Longwood University took place as racial tensions are in the headlines over a string of police shootings of unarmed black men. Many in Farmville hope to use the town’s turbulent history as a source of strength to cope with the present strains. It won’t be easy. The hurt runs deep. The people’s vote Farmville’s Main Street -- and there is really only one main street in the tiny town -- runs past the classic tiny diner, the barber shop, a string of antiques stores, and a courthouse that belongs in a Norman Rockwell painting. Commonwealth’s Attorney Megan Clark’s office is in that picture-postcard courthouse. She is the first African American chief prosecutor in Prince Edward County, where Farmville is the county seat. But she says she never ran on her race. “Some people would go into the dialogue with me of, ‘Oh, are you trying to get the black vote?’ I’m like, ‘Nope, I’m trying to get the people’s vote,’” Clark says. “I’m not going to go down that path.” Some comments were more hurtful. She says she was told there were enough people of color in elected positions and she should wait her turn. Those remarks are the echoes of segregationist rhetoric that Rev. J. Samuel Williams, Jr. lived with daily, growing up in segregated Virginia in the 1940s and ‘50s. But it was his high school class that began to change the conversation.
Rev. J. Samuel Williams, Jr., who joined the 1951 student strike that helped end school segregation, said a prayer at the swearing-in ceremony for Megan Clark, Prince William County's first African American chief prosecutor. Williams, who joined the 1951 student strike that helped end school segregation, said a prayer at the swearing-in ceremony for Clark in her history making run for office. Williams was president of the class of 1952 at blacks-only Robert Russa Moton High School. The school was built for 180 students. When Williams attended, there were more than 400. Some classes were taught in tarpaper shacks that were cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Whites-only Farmville High School had a gymnasium, a cafeteria, a teachers lounge. Moton
had none of them. The textbooks Moton students used were hand-me-downs from the white school, often with missing pages and racial slurs written in them. Even Moton’s football equipment was secondhand. “When uniforms came to us, that meant the white high school had just gotten [new] uniforms.” His team would “go through a pile and pick out a number,” Williams says.
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Voters confused by suspect registration letters Some Virginia residents have been receiving confusing mailers from outside groups that incorrectly appear to be from state election officials. Now reaching a level where the Virginia Department of Elections is stepping in to set the record straight. Calling the leaders “misleading,” a statement notes the letters include the street address and
contact information of the Virginia Department of Elections office. ‘These letters did not come from the department and are not official election mail,” the agency said in a statement. It identifies two organizations that appear to be responsible for some of the mailings, America’s Future and the Voter Participation Center. America’s Future clearly is a right-
leaning organization while the Voter Participation Center is an outfit geared toward registering voters primarily among unmarried white females, minorities and millennials. “Letters sent by these organizations have reportedly been addressed to individuals who were already properly registered, are not qualified to register at the mailing address or are deceased,” according to elections
Commissioner Edgardo Cortés. The department says it has received numerous phone calls from voters who wondered about why they received the letters. “As a reminder, Virginia voters can always confirm their current voter registration status and submit necessary updates on the Department of Elections” secure Citizen Portal at vote.virginia.gov,” said Cortés.
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How Va. could decide next president JIM MALONE
VOA - Assuming the 2016 U.S. presidential election remains close, Virginia is one of a handful of states that could decide whether the next president is Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump. And if you want to know which way Virginia will vote Nov. 8, you might want to keep tabs on what happens in Loudoun County, in northern Virginia. For years, Loudoun County was reliably Republican, helping Virginia support Republican presidential candidates from 1968 through 2004. But in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama put Virginia back in the Democratic column, and he did it again in 2012, thanks in no small part to a winning margin of victory in Loudoun. In recent years, Loudoun County has seen an explosion of growth driven to a large extent by the expanding high-tech industry, which values northern Virginia’s proximity to Washington, D.C. High-tech companies have hired thousands of highly skilled workers from abroad, especially India, and the changing demographics are driving political shifts that have turned Virginia into a classic battleground state. “So all of this was just wide-open farmland,” said Loudoun County Democratic activist Craig Green from the middle of a major new town center development called One Loudoun, where retail shops, restaurants and condos have risen out of what used to be a rural landscape. “And now, as you can see, we’ve got this big retail-residential thing going on,” Green said. “There are data centers all around us.” Those data centers dot the horizon like futuristic behemoths, windowless warehouses through which a large percentage of the world’s internet data passes. Green said the economic expansion coupled with demographic changes in Loudoun are a boon to Democrats and present a challenge for Trump. “I went canvassing this weekend, and pretty much universally it was, ‘Oh, that Trump guy, there is no way I could vote for him,’”
Green said. “No matter what we had to say about anything else, it was, you know, ‘That guy just doesn’t make sense.’” Green said Loudoun is quickly becoming a model of diversity. Recent Census Bureau data shows Asians now make up nearly 15 percent of Loudoun County’s population. “You just see people from India and people from China and people from Africa, there are a lot of Africans here ... a big diaspora going on of people coming for opportunity,” he said. “And they are very skilled people, and they are very smart people, so it’s an incredible vibrant place to live right now.” Software engineer Sri Amudhanar emigrated from India nearly 30 years ago. He has lived in Ashburn, since 1998 and is becoming active in Democratic Party politics in the county. Amudhanar said the influx
of immigrants and resulting demographic changes have made them a force to be reckoned with. “They take an oath of citizenship when they become Americans, and that is a very solemn process,” he said. “It is a very moving process, and we have all gone through that, and that binds us to America very, very strongly and to its values, and one of the values is that everybody is really equal.” Amudhanar predicts the demographics will be an obstacle for Trump given some of his controversial statements about Muslims and Mexicans. “Immigrants are more tolerant of other lifestyles and other opinions and other religious persuasions and so on. So you’ll find that immigrants in general want a fair, even playing field for everybody.” Despite the demographic changes, Trump is making a serious bid
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Managing pain and opioid addiction PATRICIA MARYLAND As America grapples with prescription opioid addiction, an epidemic shattering communities across our nation, healthcare providers face a challenging question: How can we help patients treat and manage their pain while reducing the risk of addiction? Pain management is a serious health issue, as chronic cases of pain now affect more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Not only does persistent pain afflict the emotional and financial well-being of people and their families, it also exacts a significant strain on our country — in the form of healthcare costs, long-term disability and lost worker productivity. Pain does not discriminate based on background or health status, yet research points to substantial disparities in the prevalence, treatment and outcomes of pain. For many African-Americans and other minorities, understanding why these disparities exist is paramount to achieving pain care equity and improving quality of life. Minorities are not at a higher risk for pain-related conditions than their White counterparts, but AfricanAmericans consistently receive lessadequate treatment for acute and chronic pain — even after controlling for age, gender and pain intensity. What’s more, research also shows that minorities are more likely to be The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 No. 40 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
prescribed less-effective, non-opioid medications — or opioids at a lower prescription dosage — than Whites, even when pain severity levels are comparable. That is not to say opioids are always the preferred tool for treating pain. Indeed, when appropriately administered, opioids can help patients relieve or manage their pain. However, the prescription of less-effective medications or lower dosages does signal a troubling gap in instances when opioids can be an effective, pragmatic solution for African American patients. Many factors are at play in understanding why African American patients are more likely to receive inadequate pain treatment, but physician bias is perhaps the biggest factor. While most physicians are strong advocates for health equity, negative preconceptions can creep into how pain is addressed in the clinical setting. Eliminating these biases is one key way we can achieve better outcomes for AfricanThe LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions. Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 U.S. states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2016
Americans experiencing pain, and that starts by understanding a patient’s heritage and belief system. With greater cultural competence, physicians can better manage pain in a manner that’s compatible with and respectful of patients’ backgrounds. Access is another instrumental lever in erasing the pain care gap. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped to increase access to healthcare considerably for AfricanAmericans, but too many individuals remain uninsured or unable to access basic medical services, including pain relief. Encouraging loved ones to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the ACA can help them access the care and treatment they need to live comfortably. But access alone is not enough. Equally important is building trust with the healthcare community — so that pain-related conditions can be treated, managed and prevented. We know some African-Americans continue to be skeptical of the healthcare system, and that lack of trust can lead African American patients to underreport their pain levels, only furthering inadequate pain management. African American patients must take charge of their health and feel empowered to honestly communicate and set expectations with healthcare providers in order to receive the right care at the right time. At Ascension, we’re working to achieve equitable pain management across all minority groups. We know
our field is at a tipping point, and a failure to treat pain is not only poor medicine, it’s denying our brothers and sisters a basic human right. That’s why we are working in concert with our patients to develop national, comprehensive guidelines to pain management — standards that embed healthcare equity with our understanding of patient history and cultural sensitivity. Guided by this understanding and deepened by our relationships with our patients, we are committed to the highest standard of pain management along the care continuum. This work also requires we actively engage African American patients and explore all pathways to care — including non-medicine, integrated forms of therapy. There is still much more work to do to truly and fully eradicate disparities in pain management, and every member of our community has a role to play. Too many of our family members, friends and neighbors are hurting — often in silence — from pain in many different forms. Together, healthcare providers and the communities we serve can empower and support vulnerable patients along their pathway to relief. Maryland, Dr.PH, is president of Healthcare Operations and chief operating officer for Ascension Health, the health care delivery subsidiary of Ascension, the nation’s largest non-profit and largest Catholic health system.
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Polling place edition A federal judge threw a new wrench into Wisconsin's voter ID law, ordering an investigation into whether the state's Division of Motor Vehicles employees properly implemented measures to ensure availability of identity documents to prospective voters. Those employees seem to caught in the middle, torn between assisting the disproportionately black poor in getting "documented" on one hand, and fulfilling Republican politicians' aims of suppressing black voter turnout on the other. Cue world's smallest violin. At one time -- as late as the mid1990s -- conservative Republicans claimed to oppose "national ID" schemes and other intrusive government measures. Then they discovered that such schemes could be used to their own political advantage. They've been trying to turn the United States in to a variant of the Soviet Union's old "internal passport" regime ever since, partly in the name of "fighting terrorism" and partly in the name of fighting "voter fraud.” Both claims are dumb, but the "vote fraud" claim is particularly weird. It wasn't until the 1980s that all 50 all states even offered photo driver's licenses, let alone required photo ID to vote. Somehow America managed to elect 40 presidents without everyone showing photos of themselves to bureaucrats on demand. Now for some reason not carrying an unflattering picture of yourself in your wallet is suddenly an existential threat to the Republic. Or at least to the Republicans. Is voter fraud common? It's hard
say. For one thing, not all vote fraud is voter fraud. There are lots of ways to fake votes. Only some of those ways involve the retail use of false voter credentials. I'm not going to say that kind of thing never takes place, but by its nature it's a lot more complicated, burdensome and vulnerable to exposure than other methods. Like, for example, stuffing extra ballots in the box after the polls have closed and attributing those votes to to voters who didn't actually show up. The only recent case of voter fraud I personally remember is that of one Todd Akin of St. Louis County, Missouri, who got caught lying about his address in 2011 so that he could continue voting at his old polling place instead of admitting he had moved. He wasn't black, though. He was white. And he was a Republican congressman. For some reason the Republicans I've talked about voter fraud with haven't shown much interest in discussing that particular case. Go figure. Perhaps instead of constantly seeking out new ways to make voting difficult so that people of color can't vote for the "wrong" politicians, Republicans should turn back toward the limited government rhetoric they used to at least pretend to believe. But then, they never really did believe it, did they? Thomas L. Knapp
FUNdraising good times As I watched the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on television I was filled with excitement and emotion. I was excited about this historic moment,
and what it means for the African American community and the nation. I thought of my great grandfather William Harrison Hammond, an ex-slave who became superintendent of schools in Shelby County TN and the founder of Oak Spring Baptist Church in Arlington, TN which he pastored for 65 years. The museum honors and appreciates millions of African Americans like him sharing their stories with the country and the world. I reflected on the great honor I felt when I was included as part of a team of 10 development professionals who conducted the fundraising feasibility study designed to learn whether or not the American public – and especially the African American community – was committed to help bring to life the 100 year dream for such a museum. Each team member interviewed 30 black stakeholders from across the country to learn if they were open and willing to be engaged, and if they would provide financial support. The United States Congress was considering legislation to build and sustain the proposed museum, and had set out specific criteria that needed to be met. Congress needed to know how much could be initially generated from the private sector to meet the matching requirement that would come with federal funds. The feasibility study provided information that answered Congress’ questions. An important piece of information revealed during the study related to the museum’s location. We tested the concept of a museum that would be part of an existing Smithsonian site. This was unpopular with those interviewed. They felt that the
impact African Americans have made on this country deserved more than being housed in existing or expanded Smithsonian properties. Interviewees felt the museum deserved the prestige of an independent site on the National Mall, and their voices were heard. At Saad&Shaw we strongly recommend feasibility studies for organizations who are considering a major fundraising campaign. These studies are conducted before a nonprofit makes major investments of money, time and personnel. This first step and cultivation activity reveals the data and information that management and the board need to make critical decisions. These include decisions relating to leadership, attitude of the marketplace, available funding (both short term and long term), capacity and infrastructure, and the extent to which a project meets the needs of the marketplace. The feasibility study for the National Museum of African American History and Culture addressed these issues and more. The results demonstrated that America would support the proposed museum with both attendance and finance. The study was an important management tool that helped shape campaign planning and design; identify where money could come from; identify who could advocate for the campaign and museum, and learn where museum artifacts could come from. As a form of market research the study gave the project legitimacy. It was one part of the process that culminates now with the opening of the museum. Mel and Pearl Shaw
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Why do people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’ RNS - It’s bad news for organized religion: A majority of the religiously unaffiliated — the so-called “nones” — say they fell away from faith not because of any negative experience, but because they “stopped believing,” usually before the age of 30. Gloomier still for religion is this — nones now make up 25 percent of the American population, making them the single largest “faith group” in the U.S., ahead of Catholics (21 percent) and white evangelicals (16 percent). And only a fraction — seven percent — say they are looking for a religion to belong to at all. Those are among the more salient findings of a new study of the religiously unaffiliated conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. The study challenges the assumption that the unaffiliated are leaving religion because they are
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According to the Pew Research Center 87 percent of African Americans are religious, making them among the most religious communities in the U.S. But they are also increasingly becoming non-believers, like the people pictured.
Nones do not generally leave religion due to negative experiences. Sixty percent said they simply “stopped believing” in their childhood religion, while 32 percent cited their family’s lack of religious commitment. Less than a third — 29
percent — said negative religious teachings about gays and lesbians was important to why they left their childhood religion and only 19 percent cited the clergy sex-abuse crisis.
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Terror case reveals holes in Virginia’s ID system RT - Flaws in Virginia’s ID system might have allowed terrorism suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami to buy the handgun authorities say he used to wound two police officers in a New Jersey shootout following bombings there and in New York. Three days after launching an online shopping spree for bomb parts, according to court records, Rahami, 28, walked into a Salem gun shop, displayed two Virginia IDs and selected a 9 mm pistol, according to the store owner. Rahami returned to complete the buy July 7, then ordered bomb components to be shipped to a New Jersey business, where he worked, according to a federal criminal complaint in that state. He’s accused of bombings last month in New York and New Jersey. One blast injured 29 people. Police arrested him in a Sept. 19 shootout in Linden, New Jersey, where authorities say he fired the 9 mm pistol on officers. Court records list Rahami as living and working in New Jersey, both at the time of his arrest and in the
months leading up to the attacks. But he obtained three forms of Virginia identification, including the state ID. So where did he actually reside? The answer matters in vetting the legality of the gun buy. Virginia law limits handgun purchases to state residents and requires that buyers demonstrate proof they’ve resided here for at least 30 days. Out-of-
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state residents may purchase rifles or shotguns in Virginia, but not handguns. Fifteen years ago, the state Department of Motor Vehicles, where Rahami would have gone to obtain a Virginia ID card, was caught in a firestorm over holes in the system that allowed seven 9/11 hijackers to obtain state identification. That prompted swift changes at the agency, and officials today tout the security of state IDs. But that might not be the focus. “We’re a customer service organization,” DMV spokesman Matthew Butner said. “We’re not trying to make it unduly difficult for people trying to obtain identification.” DMV officials refused to discuss Rahami, citing customer privacy rights. His case appears to demonstrate remaining weaknesses in the system. On June 23, when he browsed weapons at Trader Jerry’s in Salem, state law required two forms of ID to purchase a handgun in Virginia. Rahami presented a state ID and fishing license, according to store
owner Jerry Cochran. By the time Rahami returned to complete the transaction, a new law had taken effect, relaxing state requirements to one ID rather than two for a firearm purchase. Following Rahami’s arrest, authorities seized documents in his gun buy at Trader Jerry’s, the store owner said. Rahami also had obtained a state voter ID, according to the Roanoke registrar’s office. That document and the fishing license list his residence as a home in the 1200 block of Patterson Avenue in Roanoke, which his father began renting in December and which federal authorities searched after the terror suspect’s arrest. Both the voter ID and fishing license spell Rahami’s last name differently, as Rahimi, the same spelling used in the purchase of bomb parts on eBay, according to federal court records. Rahami’s name does not appear on the lease of the home on Patterson, according to the property owner, who
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Following racially charged vandalism, historic black school plans ‘Restoration Celebration Day’ The Ashburn Old School Rehabilitation project continues in earnest this week with a plan to celebrate the resporation following Friday’s overnight vandalism. Unknown vandalists left the outside of the19th century building spraypainted with racist and vulgar messages, including swastikas. The one-room building that once housed the Ashburn Colored School was spray-painted on all but one of its sides with white supremacist messages. The School for the Gifted, which now owns building, has been workig to restore it with its students, with the aim of turning it into a public museum intended to educate the area’s children. A crowdfunding campaign for the project raised over $21,000, with a fresh wave of donations arriving since the vandalism. Organizers estimate the total cost of the project at close to $100,000. “While we are heartbroken about this senseless act, please know that our students, volunteers, and community will work even harder to complete the dream of renovating the Ashburn Colored School,” the group said on its Facebook page. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation. “The vandalism to the Old Ashburn School is reprehensible and will not be tolerated here in Loudoun County,” said Sheriff Mike Chapman. Dr. Deep Sran, founder of the school, said the building sat “unmolested” for more than 40 years until students started calling attention to its history. He said in published reports that the spray paint will need to be removed delicately to avoid causing further damage. He envisions teaching children in the original classroom. “[In the] short term, I think it’d be great to hold classes in there to give students a perspective on what it was like to learn in [that type of space]. Longer term, I’d be very interested in another structure behind it: a teaching pavilion, a small education museum. I think right now we’re probably in the ‘collecting of ideas’ phase,” Sran said. Meanwhile, the group behind the school is having an event next Sunday, Oct. 9, “where everyone can have a chance to pitch in to help remove graffiti and repair/paint the exterior of the Old School.” The old school remained open until the late 1950s, years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregated education. Former student Yvonne Neal said the building is “like a landmark for those of us who went there.”
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‘Luke Cage’ star says his Netflix show ‘has no agenda,’ but there is a nod to #BlackLivesMatter As the first black superhero on TV, “Marvel’s Luke Cage” star Mike Colter knows some viewers may expect the show to have something to say about current race relations in America. But the actor says the Netflix series, which premiered Friday, isn’t trying to make a statement about hot-button issues like #BlackLivesMatter. “We don’t have an agenda,” Colter, 40, told reporters recently. “I happen to be a black man. I happen to have the lead in the show. I happen to have superpowers. I happen to be bulletproof. I happen to also wear a hoodie.” Well, not so fast. After saying that, Colter had to backtrack a bit. He admitted that the hoodie Luke Cage wears was inspired by the hoodies worn by shooting victims Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis in photos featured in the HBO documentary, "3 1/2 Minutes." “That was a symbolic thing,” he said of the hoodie, which has become emblematic of certain negative assumptions made on black men who wear them.
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(from page 9) said last month she was “not sure how much they were there,” referring to the family. Some neighbors said they thought the house was vacant. The city cited the property owner for weeds, trash or both in April and the violation was corrected. A message left for the family last week at the home was not returned. Federal and Union County, New Jersey, court records from Rahami’s arrest list his state of residence as New Jersey. The county court records also indicate that Rahami holds a driver’s license there. Under Virginia law, upon becoming a new state resident, Rahami would have had 60 days to transfer a New Jersey license to Virginia. Where an individual resides is an important factor in the ease of purchasing a weapon. Gun laws in New Jersey and New York, the sites of the attacks, are among the toughest in the country. In New York, there is a four-month waiting period to obtain a state firearms license. In New Jersey, prospective gun buyers must apply at local police stations for firearm purchaser ID cards. That’s in addition to extensive federal background checks. Both states require fingerprints from applicants. Rahami had a 2014 run-in with police in New Jersey that likely resulted in authorities obtaining prints. Authorities investigating last month’s attacks matched fingerprints lifted from bomb parts to Rahami, according to federal court records. No fingerprints requirement exists for a firearm purchase in Virginia. Mandated background checks can happen quickly enough that gun buyers sometimes can take home their weapons from retailers the same day. In Rahami’s case, the store owner said, he was called the day after his first visit in June and advised he’d successfully completed the check. To obtain a Virginia ID, state law requires proof of identity, which Rahami could have demonstrated with a passport, Social Security card or birth certificate, among other records. His Sept. 19 arrest warrant indicated that he had a passport. Those records prove identity, not residency. To demonstrate the latter, the state requires applicants submit an additional document, such as a voter ID, utility bill or bank
Oct. 5, 2016 • 13 statement. Those records could be paper-thin on the question of residency, backed by limited verification — if any at all — of where an individual actually lives. For instance, banks are expected under the Patriot Act to review government-issued identification before opening a new account, but another form of ID also is acceptable. “A bank need not establish the accuracy of every element of identifying information obtained, but it must verify enough information to form a reasonable belief that it knows the true identity of the customer,” according to federal regulators. Banks might not verify a customer’s stated home address. Neither do utilities necessarily verify that customers live at the service address. Even when identifying information, such as a Social Security number, is provided, the aim is often to check credit, not residency. Appalachian Power often requires a copy of a lease or home ownership records to establish electrical service at a person’s home when it spots creditworthiness issues with a new customer, or when there’s a history of nonpayment at the address. However, lease or real estate records aren’t typically sought and the utility doesn’t verify residency, spokesman John Shepelwich said. Asked if a power bill is ironclad proof of residency, he answered: “I wouldn’t say any utility bill would be ironclad proof of residency.” Voter IDs also are unreliable. The local registrar’s office mails the registration card to the address listed on the registration form, which can be submitted online or in person. If the document isn’t returned, the registrar’s office deems the registration active. Registrars might not know whether the voter had the mail sent to his actual home or to the address of a friend or relative. Nor might they be aware of whether the mailed ID card landed in the hands of someone else and was simply thrown away rather than returned. Before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, all DMV required to prove identity for a Virginia ID was a notarized affidavit, rather than an official document such as a passport or other government-issued ID. An affidavit also sufficed to prove residency. Those lax regulations allowed seven 9/11 hijackers to
Ahmad Khan Rahami following a police shoot out. obtain Virginia IDs. Many of the tighter restrictions in place today were approved shortly after the attacks and were considered a vital security step. States across the country rely on similar documents to prove residency. Virginia’s 5.9 million driver’s licenses and nearly 250,000 state ID cards “are among the most secure in the nation,” said Butner, the DMV spokesman. But Butner did not disagree when told that his agency relies on other entities not required to prove residency and, in some cases, with little incentive to do so. That could circumvent measures intended to keep people from buying handguns in one state and then carrying them into another, just as Rahami is accused of doing. “If an individual proves their eligibility for a credential using our standards of eligibility,” Butner said, “we will issue that credential.” Gun store owners are counting on the state to get it right. “We’re not checking for residency. We’re checking for an ID that says residency,” said Mitchell Tyler, who owns Safeside Tactical, a Roanoke gun store. Added Philip Van Cleave, who directs the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights organization: “If the state isn’t doing its part, there’s no way a gun dealer is going to be able to discern if an ID was gotten fraudulently.” Rahami purchased a state fishing license April 6 from the Valley View Wal-Mart. It was not a document approved by DMV to demonstrate residency, but one he produced to buy the gun.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said the store is one of 556 state-approved “agents” that can issue fishing and hunting licenses. The process leaves it up to the agent — in this case, Wal-Mart — to train employees who handle transactions using state training materials. To demonstrate residency, applicants must show a past hunting or fishing license or state ID card or Virginia driver’s license issued at least six months earlier. Agency spokesman Lee Walker said no copies of IDs are kept. That means the game agency has no way to review or vet the identification agents such as Wal-Mart accept. Steve Mason, the local Wal-Mart manager, declined to comment. All states, including Virginia, require that gun purchasers pass a background check designed to spot any red flag, such as a felony conviction or dishonorable discharge from the military, that forbids a person from buying a gun in the United States. Rahami’s background includes a guilty plea for violating a domestic violence restraining order in New Jersey in 2012 and an allegation that he stabbed a brother in New Jersey in 2014, according to New Jersey court records. On the latter matter, a grand jury declined to indict Rahami, the records said. Federal law bars anyone convicted of domestic violence from buying a gun, but a search of Rahami’s records showed no such conviction. Rahami passed the federal background check instantly, state police said.
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AARP urges end to silence on Social Security “Americans who are working hard and paying into Social Security were the real losers at [the recent presidential race] debate,” said AARP senior vice president of campaigns, John Hishta. “In this issueless campaign, the debate was the best chance for voters to get real answers on how the presidential candidates would keep Social Security strong for future generations. If our leaders don’t commit to act, future retirees could lose up to $10,000 per year.” AARP notes that at a recent election focus group, undecided voters were asked to describe the candidates in one word. Most of them weren’t nice and mirror all the insults the candidates are hurling back and forth, “But I was surprised by their strong interest and discussion about Social Security and how frustrated they were with the lack of details from the candidates about how to keep it strong,” said Hishta. While they didn’t agree on the solutions, this group was ready and willing to talk
(from page 9) A majority of nones still believe in God — 22 percent say God is a “person,” while 37 percent see God as “an impersonal force.” One in five nones say a belief in God is “necessary” to morality. But the study, released last week, is full of interesting contradictions, too. While only one-fifth of all nones say morality is fostered by belief in God, one in three believes children should be raised in a religion to learn “good values.” And while one third of all nones say they do not believe in God, only a fraction — 13 percent — accept the label “atheist.” “There is still stigma attached to the word ‘atheist,'” Cox said. “I think there is a disinclination to claim the label if they are nonbelievers who just don’t think about religion all that often.” The study attempts to further define nones by dividing them
about them. Regardless of party affiliation, the most unifying principle from the focus group was “the longer our leaders wait to act on Social Security, the more challenging it becomes.” The presidential debates may be the only chance to find out if the candidates can lead on Social Security and provide answers about how they’ll keep it strong. AARP notes this is all in the hands
of the moderators. As such, AARP members sent NBC’s Lester Holt more than 100,000 emails urging him to ask a question about Social Security during the debate. AARP, a nonprofit organization that advocates for issues affecting Americans over 50, noted that debate moderator, NBC journalist Lester Holt’s “failure” to ask candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump about it, or for the candidates to
address the issue proactively, is “deeply troubling”. Especially for the 170 million Americans who are paying into Social Security and deserve to know whether the candidates stand before Election Day. “We will now turn our attention to the upcoming debates and urge the moderators to commit to ask and the candidates to commit to act,” said Hishta. The Social Security program contributes $1.6 trillion per year to the U.S. economy, according to AARP and federal government numbers. It is the main source of income for nearly half of its recipients; estimated at 30 million, and for almost one in four, it provides 90 percent or more of their income. A greater share of seniors’ income goes directly into the economy, which puts money in the hands of businesses. “If our nation’s leaders don’t act, future retirees could lose up to 25 percent of their promised benefits. That could mean as much as $10,000 a year,” said Hishta.
into three subgroups — the “Rejectionists,” the “Apatheists” and the “Unattached Believers.” The Rejectionists are the largest group, at 58 percent of all nones, and agree that religion is “not important” in their lives and “does more harm than good.” Apatheists — 22 percent — say religion is not important to them, but isn’t harmful to society, while Unattached Believers — 18 percent — say religion is personally important to them. None of these findings surprise Elizabeth Drescher, a Santa Clara University adjunct professor. In researching her book “Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones,” Drescher found the religiously unaffiliated seldom mentioned negative experience with religion. “The way religious education and formation is set up in mainline and Catholic churches parallels high school,” she said. “Once you graduate from it, you got it. You know, don’t be
a jerk, do unto others, and nones just kind of get bored with it and move on.” “It’s not that nones don’t believe in God, it’s that they don’t believe in religious teachings,” she said. “They have detached completely from religion and are finding meaning in their jobs, in raising kids, in their communities, in nature.” But many, she said, still want a sense of community they once found in church. She believes that’s behind the fast and recent rise of so-called “atheist churches” like Sunday Assembly and Oasis, which now have branches across the U.S. and in several countries. “I think there are a lot of nones who miss singing in the choir, who would love to go into a building and hear a moving speech, but the minute someone starts talking about the Bible they check out,” she said. “It no longer feels applicable to them. That’s a big challenge to the church.” Ed Stetzer, the executive director
of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College and an expert on evangelicals and leadership, agrees. While evangelicals know how to appeal to nominal Christians — those who still identify as Christians but don’t practice — they do not have the same success relating to the nones, he said. “So I think ultimately there will have to be some retraining about what it means to reach secular people.” Stetzer takes heart from the study’s finding that more than half of all nones say they believe in some concept of God. “That’s where the entree is,” he said. “There is still an awareness that there is a God and the Christian’s job is now to explain who that God is and what he has done for them.” The PRRI poll, conducted in partnership with Religion News Service, was funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Stiefel Freethought Foundation.
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(from page 1) In 1951, Williams joined a group of students who led a strike to demand a new school. Three years later, they had won much more. ‘Not right now’ Their protest went all the way to the Supreme Court. It was one of five cases combined in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 decision that ended school segregation. The court ruled that schools must be integrated. But it didn't say when. All it said was, “with all deliberate speed.” “That meant take your time,” Williams says. “That meant not right now.” Rather than integrate, Prince Edward County closed its entire public school system. A private school for well-off whites opened in Farmville when the public schools closed. But most blacks and poor whites went without an education for five years before the courts stepped in again and integrated the public schools. Theresa Clark was six years old when the schools closed. Every day, her mother drove her to a neighboring county. But other counties started enforcing residency requirements. Clark’s second-grade teacher checked on her students. When Clark gave her teacher her address in Prince Edward County, her teacher told her, "”If that’s your address then you don’t belong here,’” she says. ‘“You go home and you ask your mother what your address is.’” Her mother was livid. She made Clark memorize a false address. She scowls, remembering. “At that moment, my mother taught me to lie,” she says. “I had to for survival.” TV cameras covered the reopening of Farmville’s schools in 1964. “There was one white student who was being interviewed,” Clark says. “I remember thinking, why aren’t we being interviewed?” The payoff When Clark and her husband had daughters of her own, education was paramount.
“We were on every committee there was,” she says. “Some of the teachers would ask us, ‘Why are you here? She has an A’. We want to talk about the A. How did she get it? What did she do?” It paid off. One of those daughters is Megan Clark. Rev. Williams said a prayer at Megan’s swearing-in as chief prosecutor. She says that’s when the significance of the moment hit her. “He is a very stoic man. He is a very strong man. And he had tears in his eyes about what he was able to witness, in this particular county.” But, she adds, there is still a long way to go. And the recent string of shootings of unarmed black men has been a setback. “It’s like you have a scab that’s healing, and it’s now festering again.” She doesn’t want to see something similar happening in Prince Edward County. So this August, she held a public forum on community policing. Officers and community members talked about the issues the shootings have raised nationwide: racial profiling, implicit bias, body cameras and more. Others are following her lead. Hakeem Croom, assistant dean at nearby Hampden-Sydney College, and Longwood University alumna Karima ElMadany, say they were inspired by Megan to keep the conversation going with a “peace wal” and forum of their own. More than 100 police and community members took part. Both Croom and ElMadany have their own stories of modern-day discrimination. ElMadany says once, when she and her friends were detained without cause, the police told her that if they had been white the officer would have let them go. Croom, from New York City, says he's been stopped and frisked many times. “I’ve had an officer tell me I looked like I sold drugs,” he says. “I don’t know what that looks like.” Classes moved outdoors when Prince William County padlocked its public schools rather than desegregate. Classes moved outdoors when
Classes moved outdoors when Prince William County padlocked its public schools rather than desegregate. FILE PHOTO Prince William County padlocked its public schools rather than desegregate. Hurt and healing But they see Farmville’s history as a source of strength for change. Moton High School is now a museum and civil rights teaching center. The town hosts a walking tour of the significant sites in the movement, including First Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King, Jr. visited in 1962 during the school closings. Moton Museum and Longwood University are publishing the stories of people affected by the struggle for civil rights in education. That’s helping some to heal, Theresa Clark says. For others, however, “It’s unimaginable the types of hurt feelings that still exist,” she adds. “And individuals can’t get over it.” Rev. Williams sees positive changes in race relations in the county. “But there’s still a lot of reluctance in education,” he adds. Prince Edward County's majorityminority public schools still struggle with underfunding and underperformance. “There’s still a lot
of reluctance in law enforcement and politics.” And in this election, when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he will “make America great again,” Williams says, “They’re saying that because something has been done for blacks....”We’ve got to get it back to the days of segregation and discrimination.’ That’s what they’re talking about.” When Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president, pundits wondered whether America had become a “post-racial” society. But Theresa Clark says the tensions that have surfaced as Obama’s term winds down shows how foolish that idea was. “How could you think, just because our president is African American that all divisions were healed?” she says. “Until we can be done with firsts, I think that we will still be climbing,” her daughter adds.
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Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 Gates open at 9:00 AM Auction begins at 10:00 AM
Auction will include the vehicles listed below plus many others: 2005 2000 1997 2000 2003 2000 1998 1995 1995 2000 1999 1995 2004 1997 1991 2000 1997 2002 1995 UNK 1980
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