The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, located on Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond, has announced plans for a $261 million expansion, the largest in its history. The addition of a new, five-story McGlothlin Wing II will make the museum the fourth largest in the country, with the second-largest exhibit space for African Art.
The Workers Assembly Model Comes to Virginia
The Southern Workers Assembly, founded in 2012 and based in North Carolina, is a social justice organization fighting to organize unorganized workers across the South.
VCU Bows to Youngkin Pressure on Race Literacy Courses
Late last Friday afternoon, May 10, student and faculty advocates for Virginia’ Commonwealth University’s Racial Literacy initiative were heartbroken when the VCU Board of Visitors voted 10-5 to oppose the Racial Literacy mandate they’d worked so hard to bring to reality since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
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.
Letters to the Editor: Who’s bringing in the drugs?
A letter to the editor regarding overdoses and deaths at Greensville Correctional Center, with analysis on how drugs are entering the prison and how to remedy this.
Kroger workers charge wage theft
A group of Kroger workers in Virginia and West Virginia have filed a class action lawsuit against the giant grocery chain, charging that the company’s payroll software has been systematically shorting workers their rightful pay.
In Our Opinion: Governor Y. and anti-Semitism
Youngkin’s questionable track record on anti-Semitism isn’t actually improved by his new reactionary proposal.
The Virginia Defender 