Jimmy Carter remembered as a man of faith, humility, by Julianne Malveaux
Tens of thousands of words will be published in tribute to Jimmy Carter, our beloved 37th president. A renaissance man, diplomat, philanthropist, civil rights icon and so much more, he is most aptly described, in my opinion, as a man …
The governor fiddles while Virginia smokes, by Phillip E. Thompson
The tale of Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned has become a metaphor for leaders ignoring pressing crises. In Virginia, this imagery feels all too real as Gov. Glenn Youngkin appears content to let the state’s illegal marijuana market thrive …
Countdown on for TikTok, by Cullen Seltzer
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up TikTok’s plea for a stay of its own partial execution. The first round of briefs were due just before Christmas. The second and final round was due Jan. 3.
Will next HUD secretary fight for the unhoused?, by David W. Marshall
In 2000, Republican George W. Bush ran for president as a “compassionate conservative.”
Behind the “Lie of the Year,” some bitter truths, by Clarence Page
As it has been doing yearly since 2009, the fact-checking organization PolitiFact has chosen the Lie of the Year.
‘I upended my life to care for Mama, it was one of the best decisions I ever made’, by Hazel Trice Edney
It was an autumn morning in 2018 when my phone rang in Washington, D.C., and I’ll never forget the sound of Mama’s voice on the line.
The transformation of Richmond’s Confederate monuments into historical lessons, by David Cunningham
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four years after it was toppled in Virginia.
The case for a presidential pardon for Marilyn Mosby by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
The political weaponization of the justice system has become a dangerous norm.
Musk takes on Washington, but can he take over? by Clarence Page
Watching the year-end budget fights in Congress as we await the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, I find myself wondering: Will this era be remembered as the time when Trump was president and Elon Musk ran the country?
For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back by Ana Lucia Araujo
During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays.
The Liberty in Laundry Act sounds like a joke – it’s not by Ben Jealous
The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.”
Finding common ground around the holiday dinner table, by Ben Jealous
The holidays are a time for coming together. We should not just be coming together physically to drive us further apart mentally, emotionally and spiritually by reinforcing our differences.
Kash Patel and his ‘bureau of intimidation’, by Clarence Page
When Merriam-Webster chose “polarization” as the word of the year for 2024, the timing was dramatic for many of us who make our living through words.
Vaccines protect your children and others, too, by Roger Chesley
Parents in Virginia who don’t vaccinate their young children, a percentage that’s grown over the past decade, are making a risky bet with their kids’ health – and maybe even their lives.
How faith calls us to tackle the climate crisis, by Ben Jealous
Reflections on God are common right now. We are about to enter a new year. Many of us are getting ready to celebrate Christmas or Hanukah. With 2024 “virtually certain” to be the hottest year on record, some may look …
