Anthropology is the study of humans, and what it means to be human. Given its interweaving lenses, you cannot study humanity without inevitably diving into the interplay of biology and culture. Because being human is both: We are biological organisms and products of...
Spanberger Campaign Responds to Leak of Security Clearance Forms
A Republican PAC released former CIA case-officer and Democratic nominee Abigail Spanberger’s entire federal security clearance application yesterday, including private information such as her Social Security number. The document, a national security questionnaire...
RVA Global: No Need to Punch Nazis: Lessons From Berlin
Just a couple years ago, most Americans assumed that Nazis had been firmly relegated to the past, never to reappear outside the confines of history books. When Nazis did preoccupy the American mind they kindly restricted themselves to playing the role of evil villains...
Domestic Terrorism: Inside the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Richmond
As the one year anniversary of Charlottesville rapidly approaches, the phrase “domestic terrorism” will inevitably be on everyone’s mind. Virginia experienced something deeply traumatic last summer when white supremacist James Fields, Jr., drove his car into a group...
Nazis and Anti-Semities Now Openly Running on Republican Tickets Ahead of Midterms
Incidents of anti-Semitism are on the rise in the US, up 57 percent in 2017, the largest single increase on record since the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) started tracking incidents in 1979. The ADL classifies anti-Semitism as, "The belief or behavior hostile toward...
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