The Defenders have written a guide to help you prepare for big storms – without spending a lot of money.
Jermaine Doss Update
There’s a new legal development in the case of Virginia prisoner Jermaine Doss, now 20 years into a sentence of life-plus-38 years for a crime many believe he did not commit.
2019 MARKS 400 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST CAPTURED AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT TO BRITISH-OCCUPIED NORTH AMERICA. IT’S PAST TIME TO RECLAIM SHOCKOE BOTTOM!
John Rolfe, the illegal alien who became famous for marrying the native princess Pocohontas, was also the businessman who introduced a particularly valuable strain of Virginia tobacco to England, thus creating a market that required large-scale agriculture, which in turn required enslaved labor to be profitable.
ABOUT THE VA. PRISON JUSTICE NETWORK
The all-volunteer Virginia Prison Justice Network was launched in early 2018 following a prisoner-requested Rally for Prison Justice attended by 300 people at Virginia’s Capitol Square. Today it has nearly 20 affiliated organizations and a network of prisoners working for change in the Virginia prison system.
Union carpenters rally at state capitol
Hundreds of construction workers rallied at the Virginia State Capitol April 15 for a “Construction Industry Tax Fraud Day of Action.”
TRUMP TIGHTENS U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA
The U.S. Treasury has announced new regulations governing licensed travel to Cuba from the U.S.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF ODESSA
In a major breakthrough for the people of Odessa, Ukraine, a United Nations human rights monitoring mission has criticized the Ukrainian government for its failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the fascist-led massacre of scores of people on May 2, 2014, at the city’s House of Trade Unions.
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