Dispatch number two: The State of Science in 2025 Join us for Salon de Résistance on September 25 at Black Iris for a conversation about science in America. Scientific progress shouldn't be optional. From vaccines and clean energy to space exploration and evolutionary...
How much longer does Richmond think it can get away with not addressing the myriad of complex issues surrounding the city’s Confederate symbols? While the city conveniently ignores this ticking time-bomb, in the past week, we have seen protests and arrests in New Orleans during the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. And in Charlottesville on...
How much longer does Richmond think it can get away with not addressing the myriad of complex issues surrounding the city’s Confederate symbols? While the city conveniently ignores this ticking time-bomb, in the past week, we have seen protests and arrests in New Orleans during the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. And in Charlottesville on...
Saturday nights in Charlottesville are usually pretty quiet, but this past weekend the moist night air around Lee Park was disturbed by a self-identified white nationalist group as they protested the sale of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee. Lead by Richard Spencer (seen in top image via twitter), the self-described creator of the...
Saturday nights in Charlottesville are usually pretty quiet, but this past weekend the moist night air around Lee Park was disturbed by a self-identified white nationalist group as they protested the sale of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee. Lead by Richard Spencer (seen in top image via twitter), the self-described creator of the...
RICHMOND – The Trump administration’s immigration policy has left a cloud hanging over the heads of many undocumented immigrants living in Virginia. While the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says it is enforcing existing laws, critics say the agents are doing so with a vengeance. “Their mission is basically to separate families,...
“May your will be done, dear Lord, this day and each day by these, your servants,” said the Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley. “I pray that at the conclusion of this gathering that all matters whether confirmed, completed or channeled will have been divinely directed while also being considered by your judgment as good and as acceptable,” said the Rev....
The Trump Administration has taken aim at food standards for public school lunches, a program championed by former First Lady Obama, and Virginia's First Lady, Dorothy McAuliffe, is non-too-pleased about it. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in his first duty since being appointed by Trump and approved by the Senate last week, spoke at a...
Trump's actions in DC - from healthcare to budget cuts - continue to put pressure on Congressional Republicans, and one Farmville group hopes to turn up the heat on their congressman, Tom Garrett, whether he shows up or not. “A conversation with a representative who is going to make decisions on our behalf seems like an important conversation to...
A small race in the DC suburbs leads to an upset for a Republican state-legislator and a win for Democrats last night. Jacqueline Smith, a personal injury lawyer from Prince William County, won in last night's local Circuit Court Clerk race against one of the most powerful Republicans in the state house, Majority Whip Jackson Miller. Rep. Miller...
