
Ken Plum: Visit to a sausage factory
The quotation, “Laws are like sausages, better not to see them being made,” has been attributed to several different writers and scholars over the years.

The quotation, “Laws are like sausages, better not to see them being made,” has been attributed to several different writers and scholars over the years.

Gov. Ralph Northam today granted posthumous pardons for the Martinsville Seven, a group of young Black men executed by the Commonwealth for alleged rape of a white woman in 1951.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring is urging the HUD to reinstate a rule on disparate impact liability that would protect people from discrimination in housing

Freedom is never free. There is always a price—always a sacrifice—that must be made in order to safeguard one’s freedoms.

Attorney General Mark Herring has filed an amicus brief opposing Georgia’s discriminatory law that would make it more difficult for millions of Georgians – especially Black Georgians – to vote.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a convenient, traumatic, devastating distraction.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration today.

Vaccine passports, vaccine admission requirements, and travel restrictions may seem like small, necessary steps in winning the war against the COVID-19 virus, but that’s just so much propaganda.

Washington and Lee University will name a new interdisciplinary academic center for teaching and research on Southern race relations, culture and politics in honor of late professor of history emeritus Ted DeLaney.

The facts, figures, faces and technology may change from era to era, but the dangers remain the same.
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