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Virginia Just Wants What Other Places Have

by Kierra Johnson It’s hard to watch California raise taxes on guns to pay for school safety in the midst of a gun violence epidemic for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the measure is nowhere near the effort that needs to be put into gun violence prevention, which can be very frustrating for those who […]

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Commonsense: Something we CLEARLY do not have. 

by shay bell Plastered on headlines of every local news website, two VCU students killed in a fatal shooting. Victims Adrianna Brooks and Matthew Gibbs lost their lives to gun violence before they reached the legal drinking age. This isn’t even a new story. We’ve heard this story several times over the past year alone, […]

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It’s the Guns (And the Legislators)

By Kimberly R. Nario Last year I wrote about guns. This year, I’m writing about guns. I’m sick of writing about guns.  My brother was a student at Virginia Tech in 2007.  My mom worked near the municipal building in Virginia Beach in 2019.  My family frequents a restaurant across from the Walmart in Chesapeake.  […]

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Virginia Republicans Miss the Mark Again

by Kimberly Nario It was sunny until it wasn’t. A group of us walked out of the theater building, laughing at something I can’t remember, when someone approached us and asked if we heard. Confusion set in. Then immediately we all started texting and making phone calls, checking on our people, trying to remember who […]

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6 Things I Hate About Delegate Nick Freitas

Going through the bills that were filed this session, I noticed a disturbing pattern: many of the worst bills were all sponsored by the same guy. Who, you might ask? None other than Delegate Nick Freitas.

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Fed Up With What the GOP is Serving

I hope y’all are hungry because Virginia’s GOP is serving up a buffet of ridiculousness. We knew this session would be different – and difficult – without a trusted Democratic trifecta to lead the Commonwealth. So when it comes to the nonsense some GOP legislators are trying to push through the General Assembly, you can color us shocked, but NOT surprised.