The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color requires the urgent integration of equity into emergency management. Disasters amplify existing inequities on a larger and more visible...
The impact of Covid-19 and the subsequent quarantine, is being felt by everyone in some capacity. Some people are able to work from home and may suffer the occasional bout of boredom. Others, however,...
By now you’ve likely heard the radio ads, seen the TV commercials or passed the strategically placed billboard reminding residents to complete the 2020 Census. If you live in an apartment, own a house,...
With so much confusion around COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, several questions remained unanswered for Roanoke Valley residents. How can people protect themselves from the virus? How am I going...
This is the fourth installment in a multi-part series regarding proposed land use development for the Evans Spring area – the largest remaining open space in the City of Roanoke. The land is located...
In the opening Note of his book, The Souls of Black Folks, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote, “The problem of the Twentieth Century is the color-line.” There are no truer words. For millennials or people born...
The 2019 Virginia elections ushered in political and ideological changes. Not since 1992-93 has the Democratic Party held trifecta control in Virginia. When the session convenes this month, Democrats will...
This story is part of "Count on Democrats to give Virginians what’s needed: Unity" Building off momentum left from the 2017 gubernatorial election, Virginia’s most recent election has continued...
This story is part of "Count on Democrats to give Virginians what’s needed: Unity" As we ring in the new decade, we Virginians have another reason to celebrate: the newly won Democratic leadership...
It has been… • 400 years since the first Africans were brought to the shores of Virginia and sold into slavery • 117 years since Virginia voted on the disenfranchisement of black men and the Jim Crow...
