This year's General Assembly session, the second in which Virginia's legislative body has been under Democratic control, saw further improvements over last year's already outstanding push for LGBTQ equality. The Democratic-controlled Virginia General Assembly worked...
In the wake of the Atlanta shooting and other hate-fueled attacks against Asian Americans, Central Virginia's Asian American community are coming together to stand up against violence and racist stereotypes. White signs reading “End Violence Against Asians” and “Stop...
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi's bill to expand hate crimes to include crimes based on perception -- which would have had the effect of protecting gender expression, not covered under current hate crime statutes -- failed in the Virginia state Senate after backlash from both...
In Chesterfield County, one couple with strong feelings about the current political climate have begun to express themselves through signs and projections on the front of their house. A Chesterfield man named Tim Barry -- no, not that one -- has turned his home into a...
In the first session in over two decades with the governor's office and both houses under Democratic control, the General Assembly passed extensive legislation affecting everything from LGBTQ rights to gun control and marijuana decriminalization. Virginia lawmakers...