Addressing Racial Inequality in Paid Leave Policy
Among care advocates, equitable paid leave policy needs to meet the triple A standard: Accessible, affordable, and adequate.
Three Hopeful Stories of Environmental Activism
It’s people vs. fossil fuels, and the people are chalking up some impressive wins.
Virginians Show the Real Face of Poverty
Over 40 percent of Virginians struggle to get by — a problem made worse by voter suppression and military-first spending priorities.
Don’t Believe the Trump Administration: MS-13 is Not Ravaging the United States.
The Central American gang is a big problem in Central America — and an object of scare tactics here.
From Segregation to Political Activism: A Life Story Continues
The Woman’s National Democratic Club hosts a Black History Month luncheon with Dr. William Ferguson Reid (Fergie), Virginia House of Delegates’ first Black elected legislator since Reconstruction.
Virginia Moves in the Right Direction to Reverse Jim Crow Era Voting Barriers
IPS Criminalization of Poverty Project Director Karen Dolan: “Denying voting rights based on criminal records is an egregious affront to the democratic values we espouse in this country.”
The Housing Lottery’s Hand in Fate
Growing up in a diverse and wealthy neighborhood put me on the road to reach my potential.
A Crime Against Humanity Sent Me to Harvard
Slavery still shapes our society.
Virginia Is for Dirty-Energy Lovers
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline and another nuclear reactor.
Coal’s Collateral Damage
The industry is still wrecking the Appalachians as it withers.
Just Don’t Say Climate Change
Global warming can’t be legislated away.
A Perfect and Hot Storm
It’s time to save ourselves from a climate nightmare of our own making.
Our Corporate Courts
In its effort to scuttle President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, the right wing has gone court shopping.
Elections You Can’t Count On
Our elections aren’t yet like those in Egypt, Haiti, or Belarus, but give us time.