Editors’ Note: Excerpted from ProPublica, October 29, 2019. We are publishing this tonight because we believe it is important that citizens of the 40th House of Delegates District be aware of this information before Tuesday’s election. (In 2015, Hugo won… Read More ›
Issues
Former Cuccinelli Fundraiser Pleads to Felony
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The Center for Public Integrity, October 22, 2019. By Sarah Kleiner, Chris Zubak-Skees, Carrie Levine, and Dave Levinthal One of Washington’s most controversial political fundraisers pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Federal Election… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Elijah Cummings
1951 – 2019 Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives We pause to pay tribute to a giant of a man, one who brought civility, goodness, and kindness to the U.S. House of Representatives and to American… Read More ›
Bemusing Bagel Baking Bromance by Blechman
By Frank Blechman If you live in Northern Virginia, but have lived in other sophisticated metropolitan areas, you may be plagued by the burning question, “Why are most of the bagels here so mediocre (at best)?” We pride ourselves on… Read More ›
Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney
On November 5, 2019, Fairfax County residents will vote for candidates for the office of Commonwealth Attorney [OCA] to serve a four-year term. In the absence of a lay or civilian review board, this opportunity for the electorate to voice… Read More ›
Is God Trump’s Co-Pilot? Or a Passenger?
Editors’ Note: Adapted from The New York Times, October 14, 2019, OpEd by Paul Krugman. If anything, the First Amendment guarantees freedom from religion as well as freedom of religion, and as a barrier to those who would impose religion… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Reflections One Year Later
Editors’ Note: Originally published last year on the occasion of the attack at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation on October 27, 2018. The nation continues to experience a rise in hate crimes. By Mark Levine, Virginia House of Delegates (D-45,… Read More ›
Serfing the Gig Economy
Due to trade crises and labor shortages toward the end of the Roman Empire, large tract farms cultivated by slaves were converted to estates owned and managed by wealthy individuals and families. Tenant farmers whose status gradually became hereditary now… Read More ›
Saving One Life
VoxFairfax has previously offered extended commentary on the duties and responsibilities corporations can exert in improving the societies in which they conduct commerce in goods and services. Dick’s is a retail sporting goods company with 27 locations in the Commonwealth. In… Read More ›