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.
Denied access to their mail, RRHA residents fight back – & win!
Stonewall Place is one of eight public housing sites operated by the Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority “for qualified low-income elderly and disabled Richmonders.” And for most of December and nearly a week in February, the residents of the building’s 70 units could not receive their mail.
No prison for Uhuru 3
The Uhuru 3, who each faced a possible 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, were instead sentenced to three years probation and community service.
Leonard Peltier is free!
After spending nearly 50 years in prison, Indigenous freedom fighter and former American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier, now 80, is finally home.
The Virginia Defender 