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WASHINGTON Barbara Smith got her start in protesting during the Vietnam War. On Thursday she was back at it, among the first to arrive at a rally here against Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Yet it seems that we only really appreciate diversity when the stock market is down. As the market is rising, we often wish our portfolio were more heavily weighted in stocks.
When students at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond, Va., return from their summer break, they will no longer be studying at a school named after a Confederate general who fought for the rights of slave owners in the Civil War. Instead, members of the 400-strong student body, about 90 percent of whom are black, will be attending Barack Obama Elementary School.
In this Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, Virginia GOP senatorial hopeful, Corey Stewart, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Stewart, a conservative provocateur and supporter of President Donald Trump won Virginia's Republican primary Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a "vicious" campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine.
An elderly woman with dementia who vanished from a care facility nearly two weeks ago has been found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital campus _ and her daughter wants to know how she died. An elderly woman with dementia who vanished from a care facility nearly two weeks ago has been found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital campus _ and her daughter wants to know how she died.
House Democratic members vote on an amendment on Jan. 31 to a bill calling for sexual harassment training for the legislative branch of state government during a session of the House of Delegates at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Associated Press File Photo Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill March 21 that prohibits nondisclosure agreements that prevent employees from disclosing sexual harassment or assault at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.
Thousands of students and other demonstrators are expected to march in Richmond and in cities across Virginia and the U.S. on Saturday in a nationwide protest calling for stricter gun laws and an end to mass shootings. The March for Our Lives, with its main event in Washington, is in response to the shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school last month.
Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving met in high school and fell in love in Caroline County in the 1950s. They decided to marry when Mildred became pregnant at 18. At the time, they couldn't wed in Virginia: Mildred was of African American and Indian descent, Richard was white and the state prohibited interracial marriages.
Has the art of governing actually returned to the halls of Thomas Jefferson's state Capitol in Richmond? There are early signs, thankfully, that sanity is creeping back into the relationship between Virginia's governor and the General Assembly, and we couldn't be more pleased.
A year after more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches around the wo... . In this Jan. 17, 2018, photo, Jeri Burton makes a sign in preparation for a rally in Las Vegas.
The peaceful transfer of power in Virginia would not be complete without a prank pulled by the outgoing governor on his successor. So it was that as newly inaugurated Gov. Ralph Northam hit the sack Saturday night after his inauguration, he found something special on his pillowcase - and it was not one of those fancy hotel good-night chocolates.
Ralph Northam greets people as he makes his way to the inaugural platform before taking the oath of the office Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Ralph Northam greets people as he makes his way to the inaugural platform before taking the oath of the office Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.
The Virginia judges who have been asked to weigh in a second time on a disputed Newport News ballot that could swing the balance of power in the House of Delegates didn't seem eager to jump back into the political fray Wednesday. The three-judge recount panel that has signed off on results showing a tie in the 94th District race between Republican Del.
Thirteen judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be asked to decide if the ban violates the constitution by discriminating against Muslims, as opponents say, or is necessary to protect national security, as the Trump administration says. The hearing scheduled Friday comes four days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can fully enforce the ban even as the separate challenges continue before the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit and the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit appeals courts.
Virginia Gov.-elect, Ralph Northam gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in Tuesday's election.
Ralph Northam vaulted into the national spotlight Tuesday with a thunderous victory in Virginia's race for governor, instantly becoming a hero of the anti-Trump movement and a balm for jittery Democrats. He convincingly won the closely watched race, delivering his party's first major victory since Republican President Donald Trump was elected a year ago.
Republican candidate for Virginia Attorney General, John Adams pauses as he delivers a concession speech during an election party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Adams lost to incumbent Mark Herring.
"I can't really think of the last time I've been in a client meeting over the past six months where they haven't asked me what I think that Congress is going to do with tax reform," says Stephen Kimberlin, a CPA who is senior tax manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Richmond. "It goes hand-in-hand.
In this Saturday April 30, 2016, file photo, Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party John Whitbeck, speaks during the Virginia State Republican Convention in Harrisonburg, Va. Political observers say this fall's elections for Virginia's Republican-controlled House of Delegates could be an early referendum on President Donald Trump's first year in office and a bellwether for the 2018 midterms.