And advocates say that should be the end of the story.
Virginia
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline
The protests, intended to slow down the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia, are now in their second year.
Posted inLaw and Justice
What’s the Next Step for Equal Rights?
Virginia plans to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment next year, kicking off a battle over its fate.
Posted inPolitics
Election Night 2019 Was a Triumph for Democracy, Health Care, and the Democratic Party
Democrats picked up a governor’s race in Kentucky, the state legislature in Virginia, and several other races.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Bet That Virginians Are Ready for Gun Safety
At a forum in southeastern Virginia, candidates embrace a cause that once was political poison.
Posted inPolitics
Virginia Elections Feature Competitive Races Where There Have Been None for Years
When Virginians vote next week, they’ll have a chance to overthrow a Republican regime that governed through gerrymandering.
Posted inPolitics
Will Virginia Go Blue?
While Democrats win its statewide elections, Republicans have clung to a narrow legislative majority. But next week’s elections may end their reign.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
The question of the trail’s ownership looms large in a case that may be headed to the Supreme Court. The answer could determine the fate of natural gas megaprojects on the East Coast.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Amazon Is Giving Up on New York, and Activists in Nashville and Northern Virginia Are Energized
Like their New York counterparts, organizers in other potential sites of Amazon expansion want a more democratic process that produces more equitable growth.
Posted inTAP
Yes, Virginia, There is a Double Standard
For the past several decades, Republican state governments have systematically targeted black citizens to deny them the right to vote. Republican courts have colluded. We have a new Republican supreme court justice, Brett Kavanaugh, who sure as hell looked as if he flat out lied under oath in the face of persuasive evidence by a […]
