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The state NAACP chapter is pushing to transition some appointed Virginia school boards to elected ones – starting with Hanover’s.

“Inflammatory rhetoric has caused us great concern,” said Robert Barnette Jr., President of the Virginia Conference NAACP.

An interview with Strongly Worded Letters founder Gab Rima. Strongly Worded Letters is a digital civic engagement toolkit for Omaha residents. Founders and Omaha natives Gab Rima and Johnny Redd use Instagram and other social media platforms to explain local politics and post scripts when getting in touch with representatives. Though Strongly Worded Letters encourages activism of all kinds, Rima says nothing quite captures passion like pen and paper. KIOS: Why is it that letter writing is still...

The photos were taken by Dinanda Nooney between January 1978 and April 1979 The photographer took 576 photos in around 200 homes in various Brooklyn neighborhoods in a near daily project that criss-crossed the borough She specialized in taking pictures that captured the lives of ordinary people  One of the families she photographed was that of Jean-Michel Basquiat, then 18, who would go on to be one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century  Nooney also worked on George McGoverns ...

A Glimpse Inside Hundreds Of Brooklyn Apartments In The 1970s View all 25 Photographer Dinanda Nooney never lived in Brooklyn, nor did she have any significant personal connection to the borough, but her work has become synonymous with the area. Thats because between January 1978 and April 1979, Nooney took photos of around 200 peoples homes in various Brooklyn neighborhoods. Nooney, who moved to Manhattan in the early 1970s, worked on George McGoverns campaign in 1972 against...