POLITICS
Opinion: Federal layoffs are a wake-up call for local communities
Published April 18, 2025
The recent federal layoffs are sending shockwaves throughout Northern Virginia, highlighting the far-reaching impact on local communities, businesses, families, and national security broadly.
Unions, civic groups launch effort to offer fired federal workers free legal support
Published April 16, 2025
A coalition of unions and legal groups announced on Wednesday the formation of a new project to help provide federal workers fired by the Trump administration free legal support to protect their rights.
Opinion: Black mothers of our commonwealth deserve better
Published April 16, 2025
Virginia state Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy explains the need for policies to improve Black maternal health.
Virginia Dems blast Trump’s interest in deporting US citizens
Published April 15, 2025
Virginia Democrats are calling out the Trump administration for its brazen immigration policies after President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday the possibility of deporting American citizens.
You’re paying taxes today—but are billionaires and big corporations dodging theirs?
Published April 15, 2025
Congress is prioritizing the ultra-wealthy and corporate greed over everyday American people this tax season. Now, community organizations across the US are fighting back—here’s how you can get involved.
Virginia HBCU launches first doula certification program, targeting Black maternal mortality in the South
Published April 14, 2025
Felicia D. Cosby wasn’t expecting a student’s casual comment to spark a public health initiative. But when a student told her she’d love to be a doula, the idea stuck. Months later, Virginia Union University became the first HBCU in the state to launch a doula certification program.
‘Ideas are not illegal’: Arlington academic fights back against Trump administration’s deportation efforts
Published April 11, 2025
New details have emerged around the March arrest of Arlington resident Badar Khan Suri by immigration officials, which Suri’s lawyers argue prove that his arrest was politically motivated and violates the First Amendment.
Virginia health care advocates join Capitol Hill rally against Republican spending cuts
Published April 10, 2025
Virginians joined hundreds of people to rally outside the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday to protest congressional Republicans’ plan to cut off access to health care and groceries for millions of low-income Americans.
Spanberger says she’ll sign bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
Published April 10, 2025
The Democratic nominee for governor, former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has pledged to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour if she is elected this fall.
Richmond TSA workers picket to get union rights back from Trump administration
Published April 9, 2025
About a dozen Transportation Security Administration workers and union supporters picketed outside the Richmond International Airport on Wednesday to call on the Trump administration to reverse course on canceling their collective bargaining agreement.
‘Worse than COVID’: Local Virginia leaders urge action in response to federal funding cuts
Published April 8, 2025
As news broke Tuesday that the US Supreme Court halted an order requiring the Trump administration to rehire fired probationary workers, a Virginia House of Delegates emergency committee met in Alexandria with researchers and local officials from Northern Virginia in search of solutions to the economic crisis unfolding across the region.
Spanberger, Earle-Sears officially declared nominees for Virginia governor’s race
Published April 7, 2025
Former Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and the current Lieutenant Governor, Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, are the official nominees to become Virginia's 75th governor.