The Equal Rights Amendment is one state from ratification. Now what? Robinson Woodward-Burns - June 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74733" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Activists from a variety of women’s
Why do we need new rules on shipping emissions? Well, 90 percent of global trade depends on ships. Jessica Green - April 17, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72341" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Foss Maritime hybrid tug Carolyn
Nearly 4 million black voters are missing. This is why. Michael Herron, Javier Rodriguez, David Cottrell, and Daniel Smith - April 11, 2018 Blacks in the United States die younger and are jailed
Democrats are contesting more state legislative seats than they have in decades. Steven Rogers - March 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_70783" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Virginia House Speaker M. Kirkland Cox (R-Colonial
In December, thousands of Americans protested against the tax plan, for DACA and about all the other usual suspects Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - January 25, 2018 This is the 12th installment in a monthly series reporting
White voters are moving to the South — and making it more Democratic Danny Hayes - January 2, 2018 One of the biggest U.S. political stories of 2017 was
Nitzer Ebb, ‘Backlash’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - November 12, 2017 In elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and elsewhere, evidence of
How Republican losses in Virginia could mean real trouble for the GOP in 2018 Steven Rogers - November 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66099" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Danica Roem, who beat GOP incumbent Robert
This one map shows the Republicans’ problem in Virginia Stephen Farnsworth - November 9, 2017 The Republican Party had a bad night Tuesday in the
In Tuesday’s elections, women won big. Here are three things we learned about women and politics. Jennifer Lawless and Danny Hayes - November 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66041" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Jennifer Carroll Foy holds campaign literature