Dispatch Number Four: Is AUTHORITARIANISM Inevitable in America? Join us for Salon de Résistance, presented by MSE Properties and Medora Lazer, on October 23rd at Black Iris for a conversation about democracy and authoritarianism at home and abroad titled...
On June 22nd, Mayor Levar Stoney announced a commission "to help the city redefine the false narrative of the Confederate statues that line Richmond's grandest boulevard." This announcement was hardly shocking - in a sense, it had been coming for decades - but it was significant for the mayor to publicly assert that some of Richmond’s most famous...
On July 11, white nationalist Jason Kessler held a conference in front of the Charlottesville Police Department. Flanked by bikers from the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, he spoke about his "Unite the Right" rally scheduled for August 12. “Nothing against any other people, against Muslims, against Blacks, whomever, but they have entire continents in...
Given his loss of the popular vote in the 2016 election, President Trump has continued to maintain that there was widespread voter fraud. Regardless of there being no evidence to support this claim, the White House in May established the 'Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity' to investigate any alleged voter fraud. Trump claims...
I was home alone on November 7, the night of the 2016 election. Laying in bed, my mobile phone was the only source of light in my dark apartment. Like many people who watched state after state turn red, a deep sense of foreboding took over. I am a progressive woman from New York who had been transplanted to Virginia, and I remember thinking what...
Mark Holmberg’s most recent editorial, Mayor's narrative about Monument Avenue 'not the whole truth,’ proves he is woefully out of touch with the current conversation. For starters, let me say this: Reducing this city’s ignoble history to a series of blatant generalizations and clichés is not only naive, but highly dangerous. We now live in a...
Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced a massive solar project will begin construction in Danville starting later this summer. The project, know as the Kentuck Solar Project, will be “Virginia’s largest largest municipal utility solar farm,” aims to be a six megawatt solar array which could power up to 900 homes in the Danville area, meeting...
An event hoping to stop Sharia law from taking over the US ended in a parking lot shoving contest and two arrests at Virginia Beach's Mt. Trashmore this weekend. Along the bottom of the former-trash dump-turned-community park, about 70 people gathered for a "righteous cause." Dressed head-to-toe in red, white, and blue and waving American flags,...
Despite Virginia’s gubernatorial race taking place during a non-presidential year, the ballot is packed and the competition is tight for the primary election, which takes place Tuesday, June 13. Candidates vying for governor, lieutenant governor and several seats in the Virginia House of Delegates will be on the ballot. Here is a rundown of who...
Campaigning brings to mind town halls, shaking hands, holding babies, and TV ads with winning smiles. What doesn’t come to mind is a camper named “Mellow Yellow”, the mobile campaign headquarters for Del. Glenn R. Davis (Virginia Beach), a Republican vying for the spot of Lieutenant Governor in the upcoming primary. On a recent afternoon, Davis...
