The Lost Lost Cause
Newly discovered account shows Robert E. Lee’s cousin to be a “strong Union man” who “used all his influence to dissuade” him from “taking any part in the war.”
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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Alexandria Icon Telling the Stories of African American Alexandrians
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More Educated, Better Paid
Foreign-born population attracted by government contracting and tech jobs.
Virginia’s foreign-born population is more educated and better paid, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis. The Richmond-based think tank points out more than 40 percent of immigrants in Virginia have a bachelor’s degree or higher. That’s a significantly higher level of education than the United States as a whole, and it’s even a bit higher than native-born Virginians.
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