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Spread Information, Not Panic

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

A short guide on sharing information about ICE/law enforcement threats. Share information, don’t spread panic!

The people united will never be defeated

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Palestinian-American writer and translator Joharah Baker on her feelings toward pro-Palestine campus protests.

Letters to the Editor: Conflict of interest?

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

A letter to the editor from Philip Daniel, incarcerated at Pocahontas, analyzing the Virginia Department of Correction’s motivation to provide rehabilitation programming to inmates.

On Trump banning immigrants from 19 Black & Brown countries

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

On Nov. 27, “Thanksgiving Day,” a U.S. holiday supposedly dedicated to honoring friendship between the Indigenous peoples of North America and English immigrants to their lands, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new restrictions against people trying to move to the United States.

RIC: A major hub for deportation flights

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Until recently, few people in the Greater Richmond area knew their local airport is being used as a major hub for transporting immigrants from ICE detention centers to major centers from which the detainees are eventually deported.

Letters to the Editor: Det. Ford – again

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

A letter from Shawn ‘Sha’ Johnson, incarcerated at Nottaway, regarding his case. Includes an editor’s note regarding who to contact if your case was unfairly influenced by corrupt Norfolk ex-detective Robert Glenn Ford.

Comments on the Russia/Ukraine Peace Plan

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Phil Wilayto, editor of The Virginia Defender, was asked by a reporter for the Russian news agencies Sputnik and RIA Novosti to comment on the peace plan being proposed by the Trump administration to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. These are the comments that were submitted.

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