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The ACLU of Virginia, Equality Virginia, He She Ze and We, the Hanover County NAACP, and Side by Side Virginia are in solidarity with the students who will be harmed by the School Board’s vote to engage...
The ACLU of Virginia, Equality Virginia, He She Ze and We, the Hanover County NAACP, and Side by Side Virginia are in solidarity with the students who will be harmed by the School Board’s vote to engage...
It’s Black History Month in Virginia. It’s also the convening of the General Assembly in Virginia. What do those two seemingly unrelated occurrences have to do with each other? As a Black woman who lives...
It’s Black History Month in Virginia. It’s also the convening of the General Assembly in Virginia. What do those two seemingly unrelated occurrences have to do with each other? As a Black woman who lives...
Virginia touts one of the lowest recidivism rates in the country, meaning that once people are released from prison, they generally don’t return. Yet there is no meaningful way to give people a second...
Virginia touts one of the lowest recidivism rates in the country, meaning that once people are released from prison, they generally don’t return. Yet there is no meaningful way to give people a second...
Looking for last-minute, thoughtful gifts for the movers, shakers, and changemakers in your life? Silently protesting the commercialization of the holidays? Wanting to put more intentionality behind your...
Looking for last-minute, thoughtful gifts for the movers, shakers, and changemakers in your life? Silently protesting the commercialization of the holidays? Wanting to put more intentionality behind your...
Today, the ACLU-VA filed a lawsuit against the Hanover County School Board on behalf of five families, due to the school board’s failure to adopt policies protecting transgender students in accordance with...
Today, the ACLU-VA filed a lawsuit against the Hanover County School Board on behalf of five families, due to the school board’s failure to adopt policies protecting transgender students in accordance with...
On Tuesday, A Virginia Beach special grand jury found no probable cause to charge Solomon D. Simmons III, the police officer who shot and killed Donovon Lynch, a 25-year-old Black man. Protecting the police...
On Tuesday, A Virginia Beach special grand jury found no probable cause to charge Solomon D. Simmons III, the police officer who shot and killed Donovon Lynch, a 25-year-old Black man. Protecting the police...
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