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Virginia has a horrible history with racial gerrymandering. It started with the ratification of the Constitution, an effort led by Virginians who...
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RICHMOND, Va. – The General Assembly has passed two identical bills intended to help social workers in the fight against minor-involved human traff...
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Black History Month was created to devote one period during the year to highlight the contributions of African Americans. It represents an opportun...
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Legislative Black Caucus leads effort to undermine redistricting amendment.
Virginia has a horrible history with racial gerrymandering. It started with the ratification of the Constitution, an effort led by Virginians who wanted to count slaves as three-fifths of a person so representation in the south wouldn’t suffer because so many of its inhabitants were non-voting enslaved people. It continued all the way to 2011, when the Republican leaders engaged in a scheme of packing black voters into House districts to dilute their influence elsewhere, a plan the United States Supreme Court later determined was unconstitutional. Now members of the Legislative Black Caucus are worried a proposed amendment might enshrine racial gerrymandering into the Virginia Constitution.
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General Assembly passes bills to combat human trafficking of minors.
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