VIRGINIA POLITICS

Abigail Spanberger: Why 2025 Is Virginia’s Most Consequential Election in Decades (Or Ever)

by Landon Shroder | POLITICS, VIRGINIA POLITICS

Virginia is ground zero. As one of only two states with elections in 2025, Virginia’s governor’s race is not just a contest of policies. It’s a proving ground for post-Trump America, a stress test for democracy, and potentially the last gasp of normalcy before...

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The Richmond City Jail’s COVID-19 Response? “Torture.”

People incarcerated at Richmond City Justice Center say a recent tear-gassing by law enforcement endangered their lives. On August 29th, Tobias Hill was sitting in his cell at the Richmond City Justice Center (RCJC) when the gas began to creep beneath the door. He...

Poll of Virginia Voters Favors Biden and Warner; Shows Mixed Support For Mail-In Voting

Biden shows a strong lead over Trump in Virginia, and Senator Mark Warner is on track for re-election, but mail-in voting remains a more divisive issue, split largely along party lines. A poll released this week by the Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas...

Liberation Through Education: Richmond’s Little Radical Library

At Marcus-David Peters Circle this summer, a small library popped up during protests to educate the public about liberating the working class, queer people, and people of color. Now located in Chimborazo Park, its organizers continue engaging the community with...

Get Up Offa That Thing

On Saturday, a crowd cheered as the “At Ready” Confederate statue was removed from its place of prominence at the Albemarle County Courthouse near Charlottesville. The August 2017 events in Charlottesville were the catalyst for the removal of Confederate monuments...

The ICE Agents Who Look Like Local Police

In Prince William County, ICE agents that are visually indistinguishable from local police have been arresting undocumented immigrants. For activists and local elected officials, this comes across as an unjust abuse of power. Standing on a NoVA sidewalk in his Lady...

Virginians Debate Whether COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Mandatory

At such a time that a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, should Virginians be required to get it? The state's health commissioner thinks so; some General Assembly members disagree. Though the federal government is asking states to prepare for the possibility of a...

House, Senate Committees Advance Bills For Expungement of Criminal Records

Bills sponsored by state Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate Charniele Herring hope to make expungements of criminal records easier to attain for those who have been convicted of crimes in the past, not just those who are acquitted. Virginia House and Senate committees...

Op-Ed: The Militarization of the Border, Criminalization of Migration, and Policing of Poverty

For Madison Sweitzer and Ben Blevins of the Highland Support Project, buildup of militarized border protections, overpolicing of poor and minority populations, and massive wealth inequality all have a common root: the US's colonialist settler-state mentality. The...

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