With the stifling, record-breaking heat waves this year and students striking in the streets, climate change is heating things up in Virginia.
CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR VIRGINIA?
Family & friends demand freedom for Jermaine Doss
Nearly 50 people gathered in downtown Norfolk this Saturday for a press conference supporting Norfolk native Jermaine Doss, who has served nearly 20 years on a murder-for-hire charge on nothing but the now-recanted word of the confessed murderer.
Summer 2019 Issue
The Summer 2019 edition of the Virginia Defender was published August 23, 2019. Here’s what we’ve got in this issue.
SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANTS
A photo update showing a crowd gathering at the Virginia State Capitol on July 12, 2019, to show solidarity with immigrants in the face of Trump’s most recent attacks.
In Our Opinion: McAuliffe, Heather Heyer & the height of hypocrisy
Former Vice President Joe Biden was recently in Richmond, raising money for his bid for the Democratic Party nomination for president. While he was here, he made the stunningly opportunist claim that the reason he decided to try for the country’s most powerful office was because of the horrific events in Charlottesville in August 2017.
ABBIE AREVALO-HERRERA HIT WITH NEARLY $300,000 FINE BY ICE
Six years ago, Arevalo-Herrera fled her native Honduras with her eldest daughter to escape what she says was eight years of violent domestic abuse. Now, the U.S. government says it wants to impose a nearly $300,000 fine upon her.
UVA TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR
Workers at the University of Virginia will have a special reason to celebrate this coming New Year’s Day. That’s when Charlottesville’s largest employer will increase its minimum wage for full-time employees eligible for benefits to $15 an hour. The university’s current minimum wage has been $12.75 since December 2017.
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