The Winter 2022 edition of The Virginia Defender was published on February 3rd, 2022. Click here for the full PDF.
In this issue:
‘We Demand Justice for Va. Prisoners!’
Regional & National News
New national coalition supports opening COINTELPRO files
Malcolm X’s prison cell now the first of 1,000 ‘Freedom Libraries’
Community News
The triple whammy: Pandemic, poverty & public policy
Southwood Apartments under scrutiny
New Black-owned bookstore opens in Shockoe Slip
Omari’s case resolved; no time
United Black Birth Collective growing ‘slowly and with intention’
News U Can Use
Free Home COVID Tests and Testing the James
Defenders in the News
The Winter 2022 Defenders in the News Segment
Our Working Lives
Newport News shipyard union to vote on new contract proposal
Workers’ Power shakes up Richmond’s Diversity Thrift
Richmond joins growing national movement to unionize Starbucks
Richmond City Council considers two public sector bargaining ordinances for city workers
First in state, Richmond teachers win collective bargaining rights!
D.C.: Politics & Prose unionizes with Local 400
Augusta County: Union organizing at Hershey plant
Cops, Courts & Prisons
Prisoners, ex-prisoners & advocates speak out for Prison Justice
Red Onion prisoner dies; commonwealth’s attorney’s office contacted by DOC
Mother of Anwar Phillips appeals for funds to bury her son
Reclaiming Our Sacred Ground
Book Review: The Life & Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree
In Our Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Prisoner Essays
The many faces of mental health behind the wire
International & Antiwar News
Russia, Ukraine & the U.S. – The background they’re not telling you
Categories: Uncategorized
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