American democracy is in retreat. Or as Senator Mark Warner told me last week, “There is a shock and awe component to this, as soon as you mount an opposition to one area, they take a shot somewhere else.” He’s not wrong. The examples are becoming too numerous,...
The debate over removing Confederate statues hit a potential roadblock yesterday. A circuit-court judge in Charlottesville handed down a ruling signaling that the Commonwealth's laws protecting war memorials could be retroactively applied to Virginia's Confederate monuments. This ruling effectively allows the lawsuit filed by groups such...
After walking 70 miles along Route 250 from Charlottesville to Richmond, the Dreamers of Virginia came to their four-day journey’s completion at the Bell Tower this afternoon. This small, Virginia-based organization focuses on immigration rights in America and advocates for protecting immigrants and their families. The Dreamers made their trek...
On August 28th a coalition of community activists, faith based groups, and students will embark on a strenuous ten day journey from Charlottesville to Washington DC to protest white supremacy. The March to Confront, including groups like Action Group Network, Color of Change, and The Movement for Black Lives, amongst others, is a response to the...
*This is a developing story. The Daily Progress is reporting that Charlottesville's city council, in an unanimous vote, will cloak the statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in black fabric. This will be in honor of the victims of the domestic terrorist attack by a white supremacist at the Unite the Right rally on...
A petition has been circulating throughout Hampton Roads calling for the replacement of a Confederate statue in Olde Town Portsmouth with that of a statue dedicated to Portsmouth native, Missy Elliot. The petition, which has now been signed 15,266 times is the work of Nathan Coflin, a 27 year old social worker from Norfolk who grew up in Virginia...
This is a developing story. The debate over whether Virginia’s monuments should be preserved in museums or preside over public streets just took a sharp turn. Both Democratic candidate for Governor Ralph Northam and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney released statements today signaling their support for the removal of Richmond's Confederate statues. In...
In what is normally such a slow and sleepy town, the city of Charlottesville felt as though it was in a stand-still the past two days, ultimately ending in mass injuries and at least one death after a vehicle rammed into counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally today. As the normal groups of UVA students and families walked the mall, an...
For Republican Congressman Dave Brat, public town hall events in Virginia's 7th district continue to set the stage for anti-Trump and anti-GOP displays, both traditional and creative. Brat, who came into office in 2014 on the back of the Tea Party-wave, has faced jeering crowds during both post-Trump Congressional recesses. A policy wonk and...
For Women’s Equality, The gender-equality gap is an issue that has plagued our, country even before the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1919. While the U.S. For Women’s Equality, The gender-equality gap is an issue that has plagued our, country even before the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1919. While the U.S. has taken huge steps to improve...
