For the second holiday season in a row, Starbucks workers are back on strike – this time, indefinitely.
‘No contract, no coffee!’ Starbucks on strike
Ifa Festival 2025
Participants from around the world attended Ifa Festival 2025 on July 18 at the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
Gilpin Court children honor neigborhood namesake
Members of the Charles S. Gilpin Community Farm Youth Conservation Corps gathered on Sunday, Nov. 16, to celebrate the unveiling of banner-style murals of Charles Gilpin, the world-renowned actor of the early 20th century for whom the Gilpin Court neighborhood is named.
Updates and Announcements: November 10, 2025
The Updates and Announcements newsletter for November 10, 2025.
Updates and Announcements: July 22, 2025
The July 22, 2025 edition of the Updates and Announcements newsletter.
Updates and Announcements: June 19, 2025 – Juneteenth
The Updates and Announcements newsletter for June 19, 2025. The newsletter contains information about an urgent protest the morning of Friday, June 20, against the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staff unionize!
Workers at Richmond’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have become the second- ever group of botanical garden workers in the country to unionize. On Nov. 21, they voted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists.
The Virginia Defender 