As two black bloggers in the Virginia political blogsphere, we bring a unique perspective to the conversation regarding race that swirls around us. Each of our families have been in Virginia for more than 150 years, so we are well acquainted with the both with Virginia’s sordid past and its slow, steady move towards inclusion … Continue reading An Open Letter to the Virginia Blogosphere
Day: September 28, 2006
Up the Ridge: looking at Virginia prisons
On October 7, a screening of the film Up the Ridge will be held in Norfolk. The documentary concerns urban prisoners in isolated rural prisoner. From the press release: Wise County, Virginia 1999. A struggling rural coal-mining community fights for economic survival by building two super-maximum security prisons to house the state’s prisoners. Within a … Continue reading Up the Ridge: looking at Virginia prisons
SCV on Allen: “You turned on us”
From the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" file comes the latest twist in the George Allen saga: U.S. Sen. George Allen once again is being told to lay off the Confederate flag. But this time, it's not coming from the people who abhor the Dixie symbol. It's from the people who revere … Continue reading SCV on Allen: “You turned on us”
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