An analysis of the political phenomena of Trumpism, and a proposal for how to fight back.
The Rise & Fall of Donald J. Trump
Winter/Spring 2025 Issue
The Winter/Spring 2025 edition of The Virginia Defender was published March 26, 2025.
Trump/Musk administration moves to gut federal workforce
Upon his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump and his administration immediately began extensive, widespread cuts to the federal workforce.
Youngkin vetoes public worker bargaining bill
House Bill 2764 and its equivalent Senate Bill 917 made it through the General Assembly and to the governor’s desk. On March 24, Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed them.
Exhibit: Virginia & the Vietnam War
On display at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture from Nov. 23, 2024, to July 6, 2025: “This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath.”
Farid Alan Schintzius
Our tribute to Farid Alan Schintzius.
Mutual aid organizations provide food & financial assistance
A profile of several mutual aid organizations around the city.
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