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Trumka’s emphasis on workplace safety came in the wake of a mine collapse on Monday in West Virginia, which killed 25 workers. Trumka, a former miner and former president of the United Mine Workers, said that the tragedy should encourage the strengthening of worker safety laws...
...What's less clear than the group's makeup is the role it will play in November's midterm elections and beyond. "The real test is whether it's an electoral phenomenon or a social-protest phenomenon," says Isaac Wood, an analyst at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "They've been very successful at garnering headlines. What they need to do is prove they can garner votes." Yet to do so entails diving into a political process whose perversion has been an organizing principle for the Tea Party. "They are kind of anti-politics, not just anti...
After squandering its first half lead, the Crimson managed to claw back into the game early in the second. Freshman Nina Kucharczyk chose a good time to net her first collegiate score, capitalizing off a Cavaliers turnover to end a 3-0 Virginia run and put her team within...
...before the visitors could get another look at the cage to tie the game up, the Cavaliers struck again, using a free position shot to put their lead back at two. Virginia extended its lead to three on the next possession when Brittany Kalkstein finished a free position shot, as the Cavaliers led 11-8 with 22:14 remaining...
With 10:28 remaining Harvard had an opportunity to swing momentum back to its side, gaining possession down by two scores following a Virginia miss...