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If You Don’t Hate Me, Act Like It

by Kimberly Nario Sometimes it feels like I grew up in a hospital. When I was a kid, my mom and several aunties worked at hospitals across Hampton Roads. It was common for my dad to drop me off in the middle of my mom’s shift so I could spend an afternoon bouncing between the […]

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So Much Love for the 2021 Sesh

General Assembly Legislative Session Roundup Part 2 We’re sending our compliments to the chefs in the General Assembly who’ve been cooking up all sorts of progress for the Commonwealth! Our mouths are watering as we’re waiting for the Governor to put his pen on progressive bills so they can become law. There’s just so much […]

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Get Behind the Wheel with Driver’s Licenses for All

We all love our cars and the privileges that come with them. They are part of our everyday lives–they help us get to our jobs, run errands, ferry our kids around, and buy groceries. Driving is essential to being a productive member of a family and community.  Imagine if you couldn’t drive and couldn’t contribute […]

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Spotlight: VA LAN Leading the Fight for Reproductive Justice for Virginia Immigrants

Imagine being an immigrant woman in Virginia and finding out you’re pregnant. In a country that is so hostile to immigrants and women, even more so during the Trump administration, how would you move forward with little to no access to reproductive health care?  People treat immigration and reproductive rights as two separate issues, but […]

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Local Heroes Leading the Fight for Immigrant Justice in Virginia

Living in America in 2019 feels like a scene from a dystopian nightmare: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violently tearing children away from their families at the border, mistreating asylum seekers in unsanitary and overcrowded detention centers, and picking teenagers off the street while they’re waiting for their school bus.  As the daughter of […]