Another day, another Virginia university targeted by the feds for ‘racial discrimination.’
In 1991, Martha Muguira became the first Latina to earn a doctorate at the College of William & Mary. The ...
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The day terror changed us and a Virginia governor stepped up to lead and restore confidence
There are times when I sit alone and think back — trying to unearth details best left buried — and ...
Nixing Black hero’s name from Va.-built aircraft carrier is offensive, affront to military members
It’s not just that the administration of President Donald Trump, who’s proved repeatedly that he’s racist, wants to remove the ...
The energy Virginia needs is the energy we can build now
Virginia’s energy needs are changing quickly, and to address them we must respond even quicker. Data centers, new manufacturing, population ...
The day Virginia took down Confederate statues, a Black church remembered a lynching victim
On Aug. 28, 1899, hundreds of Black residents of Alexandria, Virginia, gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church after a white mob ...
Public utilities shouldn’t be funding the campaigns of the people who govern them
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott is adamant that the nearly $4 million in campaign funds he has accepted from Dominion ...
The thousand-dollar line
I read every noise rule in Virginia that could reach a data center. There are 73 of them across 43 ...
Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.
Three years in a row of losing in the legislature might persuade some people to give up trying to get ...
Eastern Shore leaders, residents dubious of mineral mining pitch. They have good reason to be.
The initial public comment period for an unprecedented proposal to mine minerals from the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia’s Eastern Shore ...
Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt
Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, ...