Marijuana is misunderstood by many. In part, that’s because people tend to dismiss what they don’t understand. When it comes to marijuana and whether it should be decriminalized, there isn’t a lot of ambiguity...
Before Kamala Harris, before Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Unbought and unbossed, she was a uniquely gifted politician who leveraged...
Originally printed November 2019 It’s November, which means it is election month, and with 2020 right around the corner, it is time to start talking about voting. And no, not just the presidential...
For seven days, Henry Turnage circled the monument on the lawn of the Franklin County Courthouse. Walking in circles was a symbolic journey. “That’s a huge representation of what it’s like to be a black...
This summer has been an awakening for me. The deaths of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor and countless others have mobilized an army of activists fighting against systemic racism and police murders in our country....
Dear Family, It’s never just one event that sparks a movement. There are many. Suddenly, though, there is that one that is so powerful that we have no choice but to address. We can name those events,...
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,...
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...
