Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, August 8, 2019. By Reid J. Epstein Centreville, Va. — At door after door, house after house, Dan Helmer, a Democrat running for the Virginia House of Delegates, found voters of both parties telling him… Read More ›
Our accompanying post from The New York Times (Republicans Will Lose The General Assembly) focuses upon the gun control issue as it will play out in Virginia’s 2019 legislative campaign. But there are some other promising signals—perhaps incipient but crucial… Read More ›
Just what is a sheriff? What does a sheriff do? How is a sheriff’s duties different from a police officer’s? Why is sheriff an elected position? If such questions have been keeping you up at night, you’re in luck: here… Read More ›
For white supremacists, Confederate monuments aren’t about the past — they symbolize a racist vision of the future. Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, August 11, 2019. By Karen L. Cox Two years ago last week, hundreds of white… Read More ›
America’s working class is in desperate shape, and its longtime protectors — unions — have lost much of their power. Editors’ Note: Adapted from The New York Times, August 11, 20119. By Nicholas Kristof President Trump talks a good game about helping… Read More ›
For a variety of reasons, including its cheek by jowl location with Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia has become an incubator for both extreme right wing and white supremacy groups. In the 1960s, it was George Lincoln Rockwell and his neo-Nazi… Read More ›
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from the July 5, 2019, New York Times. By Costica Bradatan “Why do democracies fail?” We’ve heard that question a lot in the past few years, in books, on opinion pages and cable news shows, and in an… Read More ›
Lynne Patton … hmm, where have we heard that name before? Oh, yeah–the Trump family party planner (hey, she planned Eric’s wedding!) whose lack of public housing experience made her especially suitable to be the highest-ranking official at HUD’s Region… Read More ›