
John Whitehead: Declare your independence from tyranny, America
Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials.

Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials.

Way back on July 2, 2002, I couldn’t have imagined that I’d ever be writing about Augusta Free Press turning 20. I was just thinking that morning, as we were about to hit the publish button for the first time, about how we were going to keep the lights on, and the website that we had just launched that day didn’t figure prominently into those plans.

On Monday, as some people lose faith in American democracy, new Americans will become citizens at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s July 4th Naturalization Ceremony.

Monticello in Charlottesville is gearing up for its 60th annual Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony on July Fourth.

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture announced Virginia’s results from the National History Day National Contest.

Join the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond for a citizen naturalization ceremony and featured exhibition on Independence Day.

What we do not need is yet another pretext by which government officials can violate the Fourth Amendment at will under the guise of public health and safety.

The U.S. government is waging psychological warfare on the American people.

Power-hungry and lawless, the government has weaponized one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security.

Since Trump rose to power in 2016, my concerns about the future of America have only been gravely compounded.
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