Like their New York counterparts, organizers in other potential sites of Amazon expansion want a more democratic process that produces more equitable growth.
Virginia
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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 […]
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The Left and Ralph Northam
Tuesday’s election in Virginia will determine who controls the 2021 redistricting process—and whether more progressives will go to Congress and the state legislature.
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Virginia’s Power Broker
A legislative power grab and a controversial pipeline project have drawn new scrutiny of Dominion Energy.
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The Virginia Shooting Isn’t About Bernie. It’s About the Right’s Embrace of Guns.
Concentrating on James Hodgkinson’s political leanings obscures the real problem of gun violence in America—and why it’s happening.
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D.C., Northern Virginia Go For Gondolas: The Answer to Urban Congestion?
Washington’s new transit proposal may seem fantastical, but gondolas have been rapidly growing in urban areas around the world.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Three Climate Deniers in Congress Whose Districts Will Soon Be Underwater
The Republican representatives of three districts in Louisiana, Maryland, and Virginia that are vulnerable to rising sea level don’t believe 97 percent of climate scientists.
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Welcome to America, Senator!
As everyone by now knows, at a campaign event in rural Virginia two weeks ago, Sen. George Allen singled out for the crowd’s attention a second-generation Indian American, S.R. Sidarth, who is a videographer for Allen’s Democratic opponent, James Webb. Allen addressed Sidarth as “Macaca, or whatever his name is.” The senator went on to […]