Today was the big commencement for graduating VCU students. But as the commencement speaker, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, began his address, hundreds of students stood up and silently walked out of the building in protest.
Updates and Announcements: May 6, 2024
The May 6, 2024 issue of the Updates and Announcements newsletter.
Unions & allies celebrate at 2nd annual Union Fest
More than 130 union members and supporters gathered in Byrd Park today for “Union Fest,” an event celebrating organized labor.
VCU Uses Hundreds of Cops to Break Up Peaceful Protest
At about 8:30 this evening, Virginia Commonwealth University put out an alert that a “violent protest” was taking place on the campus of the state’s largest public university.
Richmond Highway Blockade Ups the Ante in Support for Palestine
By Phil Wilayto RICHMOND, Va., March 11 — At about 6:45 this morning, a multiracial group of nine young people chained themselves together and blocked traffic on the southbound lanes of Interstate […]
Winter 2024 Issue
The Winter 2024 edition of The Virginia Defender was published February 21, 2024. Click here for a full PDF.
In Our Opinion: About the new prison Ombudsman position
Our take on the new Department of Corrections Ombudsman, now known as the Ombudsman Services Unit.
The Virginia Defender 