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In 'Important Step Forward,' Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Removed From U.S. Capitol

This statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years before its removal on December 21, 2020. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)

Virginia Online Registration Portal Left Unworkable—Just Hours Before Deadline—After Cable 'Accidentally Cut'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Election officials in Virginia have again failed the public," said the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

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As Early Voting Begins in Key States, Advocates Emphasize 'Election Day' Not Just in November This Year—It's Now!

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

People stand in line, spaced six apart due to Covid-19, in order to vote early at the Fairfax Government Center on September 18, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. Voters waited up to four hours to early vote in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Given the pandemic, said one organizer, "we are really stressing that folks...

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'The Future Does Not Belong to You,' Climate Campaigners Say to Big Oil After Cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Duke and Dominion did not decide to cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline—the...

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Federal Judge Upholds Expanded Absentee Ballot Law in Virginia, Blocking Right-Wing Group's Attempt at Voter Suppression

Protesters rally in downtown San Diego against California's stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, on April 18, 2020

Warren Says by Backing Protests, Trump Is 'Trying to Turn This Health Crisis Into a Political Rally for Himself'

'Stop Tweeting. People Are Dying': Trump Condemned for Twitter Rampage Encouraging Right-Wing Protests

Gun Control Advocates Counter Pro-Gun Richmond Rally, Lobbying for Regulation and Calling for Nonviolence

'A Truly Historic Moment': 50 Years After Congress Passed ERA, Amendment Meets Constitutional Threshold With Virginia's Approval

Threats of violence at a gun rally scheduled for Monday in Richmond, Virginia prompted Gov. Ralph Northam to declare a temporary state of emergency.

Citing Threat From Armed Groups, Virginia Gov. Declares Emergency and Bans Guns at State Capitol

Democratic Victory in Virginia Paves Way for Final Approval of Equal Rights Amendment

The iconic shot of Juli Briskman giving the Trump motorcade the finger in October 2017.

'Sweet Justice': Juli Briskman, Who Lost Her Job After Flipping Off Trump, Unseats GOP Incumbent on County Board

'This Is the Roadmap': Running on Green New Deal, Virginia Democrats Take Full Control of State Government

James Fields, White Supremacist Who Murdered Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Sentenced to Life in Prison

Demonstrators gather outside of the U.S. Supreme Court

'Virginia Voters Are Finally Getting Fair Maps': Rights Advocates Celebrate US Supreme Court Ruling on Racial Gerrymandering

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Delayed and Over Budget Fracked Gas Pipeline Faces 'Triple Threat,' New Briefing Warns Investors

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Virginia’s Online Voter Registration System Crashes on Eve of Deadline, a Repeat of 2016

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Virginia Passes Historic 100% Clean Energy Legislation

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Working People Win Big in Virginia and Kentucky

Stand Up America

Stand Up America Celebrates Historic Night for Progressives in Virginia

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Virginia Senate Ratifies the ERA, the House Must Follow

Sierra Club

Over 150 Virginians Show Up to Oppose Dirty, Dangerous Buckingham Compressor Station for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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Tony Norman

The Day They Tore Old Dixie Down

Gillian Kane

Trump’s Is Not the First US Administration to Ignore Facts, and Slash Aid for Women’s Healthcare

Thom Hartmann

How Guns Literally Go to Men's Heads

Barbara Gottlieb

Pipeline in Hurricane Florence’s Potential Path Poses Added Danger

Janine Jackson

WaPo Can’t Believe White Supremacist Senate Candidate Really Means It

Laura Flanders

We Should Be Excited About the Bottom-Up Wins in Virginia's Primaries

Eladio Bobadilla

The 'Alt-Right': We Need Courage and Truth, Not False Equivalencies

Michael Winship

Charlottesville Goddam

Rebekah Barber

As Politicians Target Sanctuary Cities, Faith Communities and Campuses Seek to Become Refuges

Sarah Anderson

Confederate Symbols and Inequality