A Rochester, New York bar is the latest night spot to be accused of having a racist dress code.
In 1907, a wealthy Quaker used a portion of her inheritance to establish a foundation that would serve to improve education for Black students across the south. The Jeanes Foundation, also known as the Negro Rural School Fund, was started in 1907 with Virginia Estelle Randolph becoming its first supervising teacher in 1908. Booker T. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday evening to a state budget expanding Medicaid coverage to the state’s poor, ending years of partisan gridlock on the issue. The state Senate voted in favor of expansion after a full day of debate. The House, which had had previously endorsed expansion, […]
In a video released to the public, a rookie cop out of Virginia can be seen shooting an 18-year-old in the back as he tried to run away after a robbery according to The Virginia Pilot. Recorded on an officer body cam on October 29, 2017 officer Jeremy Durocher responded to a report of a burglary where he found Deontrace Ward allegedly committing […]
A man out of Virginia has been charged with impersonating an officer after he was caught following a woman across three state lines in a fake police car. On April 7, a woman called 911 when she noticed she was being followed by a car with “police markings” and became concerned for her safety according […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in New Jersey and Virginia are choosing new governors Tuesday in contests that could be an early referendum on President Donald Trump. In swing-state Virginia, most polls show a close race between Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam. New Jersey will get a successor to unpopular GOP […]
11/6/17- The Virginia gubernatorial race ends on November 6, 2017, and it’s proving to be a tight race. Democrat Ralph Northam, the current Lt. Governor talks with Roland Martin about the race. Northam’s opponent, Republican Ed Gillespie has voted for formally incarcerated people to lose their right to vote. Martin explains that this stems from a 1902 law […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam both claim momentum is on their side with one day to go before Election Day in Virginia’s high-stakes, closely watched race for governor. The candidates are racing across the state Monday after a weekend spent trying to rally supporters ahead of the Tuesday […]
There’s a big election coming up in Virginia where Justin Fairfax is running for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and trying to become the second African American in this position. Fairfax is hoping to raise wages, get people in higher paying jobs and get rid of the school to prison pipeline system. “This is a critical pivotal election. Its really going to set the tone of […]
A petition to replace a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Va. with a statue of hometown rapper Missy Elliott surpassed its initial target of 15,000 signatures in four days and has left the Grammy-winning artist “humbled.” Nathan Coflin, a Portsmouth native, filed a change.org petition last week to take white supremacy, “flip it and reverse it” […]
UPDATE 3:00pm CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation. The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be […]
