Houses passes bill to protect older adults from workplace discrimination
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The House voted Wednesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would strengthen protections against workplace discrimination.
Search Results for civil rights
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Virginia Museum of History & Culture recreating historic suffragist photo in Capitol Square
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The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
Bridgewater, Bridgewater College to host MLK Day celebration
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Bridgewater College’s Martin Luther King Day celebration, “Celebrating the Dream, Continuing the Journey,” begins at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Oakdale Park in Bridgewater.
Ebbin bill would protect LGBTQ Virginians from discrimination
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State Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, has introduced legislation that would provide nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people in public employment and housing.
New Yorker columnist Jelani Cobb to present lecture at Bridgewater College
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Jelani Cobb, who won the 2015 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism for his New Yorker columns, will present an endowed lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in Cole Hall.
Young Virginia Tech alumna connects communities to planning, design
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Ellie Muraca was always asking questions. That passion for finding connections and starting conversations didn’t slow when she enrolled at Virginia Tech.
Wexton, McEachin call for replacement of Lee statue
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Jennifer Wexton and Donald McEachin have written to Gov. Ralph Northam to call for the replacement of Virginia’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, housed in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol Building.
House committee holds hearing on new name for Hopewell post office
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on Friday to consider legislation from Congressman Donald McEachin, D-Va., to designate the Hopewell post office as the Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building.
Ken Plum: Start with a clean slate
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Taking down Confederate monuments is but one part of a continuing story in Virginia as the Commonwealth tries to come to grips with its racist history. The story is in no way a pretty one.
Beyer, Norton, Wexton demand FBI authorize release of Bijan Ghaisar case 911 recordings
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Reps. Don Beyer and Jennifer Wexton and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton have sent a letter pressing FBI Director Chris Wray to authorize the release of 911 recordings connected to the 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police.
