Amid a national immigration crackdown, the fallout from the recent shooting of two National Guardsmen by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C., has thrust the precarious status of Afghan nationals in the U.S. into the spotlight. In Richmond, Axios reported earlier...
Last month, the DC-based World Affairs Councils of America spoke to Libyan political official Mohammed Ali Abdallah about the country's struggle with coronavirus amid a brutal civil war. Residents of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, are living in the middle of a civil war during a global pandemic. The World Affairs Councils of America, a Washington,...
The delay will push the first statewide minimum wage increase back by four months, to May 2021; some lawmakers view this delay as the lesser of two evils. Labor advocates and Virginia legislators worried the recently passed bill to increase minimum wage might die during the reconvened General Assembly session Wednesday. Gov. Ralph Northam’s...
The General Assembly held sessions outside last week, considering questions of minimum wage and election dates on the Capitol lawn as quarantine protesters raised a ruckus. The General Assembly’s reconvened session Wednesday was abnormal as the House dealt with technical difficulties, disruptive protests, and House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn,...
As the General Assembly reconvened for an outdoor session, protesters demanding that Virginia end its quarantine converged upon Capitol Square, honking horns and waving signs. Horns blared and flags waved from vehicle windows as hundreds of Virginians converged Wednesday on Capitol Square to protest restrictions implemented by Gov. Ralph Northam...
Some white nationalists are using the coronavirus as an opportunity to rebrand, spreading their divisive ideas under the cover of pandemic information. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause a severe economic slowdown and, among some people, distrust of the media and government, white supremacists across the nation are attempting to...
In the midst of an outbreak, the ongoing climate crisis has faded from many people's minds. But cleaning up our environment is still important -- as long as you do so in a proper socially distanced way. On Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, people all over the world will be occupied with a different kind of global crisis. Preventing the spread of the...
"Right now, it's like the Wild West." A bill signed by the governor earlier this month will bring much-needed regulation to Virginia's market for CBD products. Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill that would define hemp extract, such as CBD, as food, and usher in state regulations on these products. Senate Bill 918, patroned by Sen....
The passage of House Bill 66, sponsored by Delegate Lee Carter, gives Virginia the fourth-lowest insulin price cap in the country. Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill to cap the costs of prescription insulin copays at $50 per month, one of the lowest caps in the country. House Bill 66, sponsored by Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, originally...
Traveling during a pandemic isn't too much fun, but it just got a little easier for the neighborhoods south of the city along Jeff Davis Highway. Smack in the middle of a global pandemic may not seem like the best time to open a bus route, but for many who live along Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield County, the Greater Richmond Transit...
