
Totalitarian paranoia run amok: Pandemics, lockdowns and martial law
Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone and everything as a threat and a reason to expand its powers.

Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone and everything as a threat and a reason to expand its powers.

Senate Democrats are using current Senate procedure to begin debate on voting rights legislation, a symbolic act that we know isn’t going to work, because of the sacred filibuster.

If Congress was graded on a report card, one of the subjects it would be graded on is oversight. Ensuring the faithful execution of the laws and rooting out mismanagement by the executive branch are core constitutional obligations of the House and Senate.

A new statewide Commonwealth Poll finds that 30 percent of Virginians viewed the economy as the most important issue behind their vote in the statewide November election.

The governor-elect is promising to play politics with COVID and the climate. Senate Republicans are playing politics with your right to vote.

We all witnessed as 2021 evolved into a year of unexpected turmoil starting with a deadly insurrection on our nation’s capital.

President Biden today endorsed changing Senate rules to allow for passage of voting rights reform, which, good luck with that.

These days is it a mistake to bring up the storied practices of racism in the United States.

One year ago today insurrectionists launched a violent assault on the home of American democracy.

One year after the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, political polarization – and the threat of related violence – is increasing, says a Virginia Tech expert who researches the role of communities in promoting, deterring, or reacting to extremism, crime, violence, and tragedies.