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Attorney General Mark Herring and a coalition of attorneys general are fighting in court to protect the health, safety, and human rights of immigrant children in detention in the United States.
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Today Governor McAuliffe announced that Virginia has restored the civil and voting rights of over 5,100 ex-offenders, more than any other governor has done in just one year.
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Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson Rice, who was a student leader in the largest single sit-in of the civil rights movement, will be the keynote speaker for the Waynesboro NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “It is my advice,” reads a March 4 letter from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli addressed to “Presidents, Rectors, and Visitors of Virginia’s Public Colleges and Universities,” “that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including ‘sexual orientation,’ ‘gender identity,’ ‘gender…
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Joanne Bland, a sought-after speaker with a compelling personal story of civil-rights activism, will give a public lecture 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at Eastern Mennonite University.
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Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Martin is acting more like a defense and civil attorney for the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office than he is presenting as an elected prosecutor.
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In January, Joyce Colemon of Waynesboro stepped down as president of the local branch of the NAACP after 14 years. While no longer leading the Waynesboro branch, Colemon will not be stepping down anytime soon from her work in civil activism.
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The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would update and reinforce safeguards in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that have been eroded.
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What are inalienable rights worth if they can be redefined, delayed, or revoked by executive order?
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Imagine this: you’re rounded up in the dead of night by government agents, arrested and sent to a detention center.
