In this month's Amazon Trail, Lee Lynch explains that the right-wing insurrection we're dealing with now in the United States is nothing new. Oh, hell, what can I say at a time like this? Did we think they’d simply go away? When angry white criminals occupied the...
On Sunday in the Richmond suburb of Lakeside, a man named Harry Rogers drove his truck through a crowd of peaceful protesters. He turned out to be a high-ranking member of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan. A Hanover man claiming to be the highest-ranking member of the Ku...
Under the Dillon Rule, all decisions made by Virginia localities must be authorized by the General Assembly. Thus far, the GA has not allowed Richmond and other VA cities to remove Confederate monuments. But a new Democratic majority may change all that in 2020....
In the wake of the General Assembly's special session, Attorney General Mark Herring released an opinion making clear that militias acting as unofficial security forces are breaking the law. Attorney General Mark Herring released a formal opinion last month...
With Shagwuf's Sweet Freakshow, the Charlottesville surf-garage band celebrates five years of advocating for safe spaces, being vocal about intersectional issues, and rocking out. Gutter-glam swamp-rock band Shagwuf is on a mission. The Charlottesville-based trio...