Virginia announces five new Black history highway markers
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Five new state historical highway markers submitted by Virginia students through the second annual Black History Month Historical Marker Contest were highlighted Monday.
Search Results for civil rights
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Jay Jones AG campaign releases first ads: ‘Lead’ and ‘Firsts’
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The Jay Jones for Attorney General campaign released Tuesday its first ads of the 2021 campaign cycle, entitled, “Lead” and “Firsts,” which will run on television and digital platforms across Virginia as part of asix-figure media buy.
AG Herring highlights new housing discrimination protections
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Attorney General Mark Herring is highlighting new housing discrimination protections for Virginians that include source of income as a protected class under the Virginia Fair Housing Law.
Northam backs McAuliffe: The old white guy network, still in full force
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You know how messed up Virginia Democratic politics is when you see Terry McAuliffe accepting Gov. Ralph Northam’s endorsement, and no one even asks about how McAuliffe two years ago was leading the call to get Northam to resign.
Richmond Flying Squirrels release 2021 promotional schedule, game times
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels announced home game start times and their promotional schedule for the 2021 season on Monday.
Ken Plum: A civic duty
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As we probably learned and as we teach our children, voting is the most important of civic duties.
Madison Vision Series event to examine rewriting of Virginia Constitution
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The 1971 rewriting of the Virginia Constitution reversed a century-old practice of disenfranchising Black voters.
Augusta Free Press endorses Sam Rasoul for lieutenant governor
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#TeamAFP has made its second endorsement in the 2021 Democratic primary, backing Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul in the race for the lieutenant governor nomination.
Terry McAuliffe hypes ‘Lifting Black Virginians’ agenda
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination candidate Terry McAuliffe today released his Lifting Black Virginians agenda.
Virginia Tech historian: In abolishing Virginia’s death penalty, time, opportunity came together
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After nearly 400 years of capital punishment in Virginia, “the time and the opportunity, remarkably, came together” to end the death penalty.
