In Va. House, 'Profound Regret' on Slavery
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RICHMOND, Feb. 2 -- The House of Delegates unanimously approved a resolution Friday expressing "profound regret" for Virginia's role in the slave trade, a significant act of contrition by a body that used to start the day with a salute that symbolized the state's Confederate heritage.
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Some newly elected House Democrats find themselves in a political no-man's land back home, drawing fire from both sides
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By SALLIE SEBRELL  BY Sallie Sebrell  The tradition of a citizen legislature in Virginia has stood the test of time.
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By Michael Sluss and Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 4--RICHMOND -- Vic Thomas was not a controversial figure during his 30-year career in the House of Delegates.
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When an 80-year-old white Virginia legislator recently came out against a resolution apologizing for slavery because blacks, he said, should "get over it," he ignited a storm of protests from black leaders.
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CHAPEL HILL -- They came down from the hills Saturday, down from the hot springs and natural bridges of Virginia, deep into the heart of ACC darkness.
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New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing "profound regret" for the state's role in the practice.
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In the debate over Virginia's mental health system, they're called "consumers." Some of them call themselves survivors.
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Race for the White House Clinton campaign turns confessional as Bill airs presidential regrets
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BLACKSBURG, Va. "We've been hurt," the voice whispered, terrified, into a cellphone.
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At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, slavery's evil becomes palpable; so does a sense of progressive enlightenment.
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Descendants of a plantation's masters and slaves come together to recount history - and forge family bonds.
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Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.
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In a video posted on the Internet, Ben Barnes, a former Democratic speaker of the Texas House, said he is ashamed he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 so they could avoid serving in Vietnam.
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A former two-term Democratic governor of Georgia, he once tried to take the Confederate emblem off the state flag. In terms of political fallout, that was worse than breaking with his party to support George
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Tempers flare over Va. Republicans' handling of controversial collective bargaining measure.
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If the children of the Green Mountains who vandalized a farmhouse once owned by Robert Frost knew of its history, then shame. If they did not know, then shame still.