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A state commission voted Wednesday to replace Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in a U.S. Capitol display with civil-rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, who as a teen led a walkout at her all-Black high school in Farmville that paved the way for school desegregation.
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In case you didn’t know, the online betting industry is getting bigger by the day. Nowadays, millions of people can grab their smartphones and tablets and place a bet on their favorite sports team within seconds.
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Republicans, when they get power, are balls to the wall: tax breaks for billionaires, nominating the hell out of conservative judges, ripping up any progress made previous in healthcare, the environment.
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The ACLU of Virginia is representing Kenton Vizdos, a senior at Deep Run High School in Henrico County, who was suspended from school for silently protesting against racism in his school and across the country.
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There are some things that don’t change. Even as the nation grapples with the twin distractions of political theater and a viral pandemic, there are still deadlier forces at play.
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The process for electing a president of the United States continues to play out according to the Constitution. It includes several steps, none of which involve media organizations calling the race or projecting winners.
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In early March, the WHO announced the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the disease sweeping across every nation on the planet. In the haste to “Flatten the Curve,” authorities shut down economies around the world.
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The filibuster is still a critical device when used properly in the Senate, but it should be tougher to invoke.
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Virginia voters, by a more than 2-to-1 margin, have approved a constitutional amendment establishing a non-partisan redistricting commission.
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The Affordable Care Act has expanded healthcare coverage to more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans. But because it was passed by Democrats in the Obama years, yeah, Republicans don’t like.
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