VA: Social Justice
Report: Police apprenticeships can help combat officer shortages
Police departments across the U.S. have struggled with officer shortages in recent years but a new report showed how youth apprenticeship programs …
Study: Undocumented immigrants contribute hundreds of millions to VA tax coffers
A new study sheds light on the tax contributions paid by undocumented immigrants. In Virginia, they contribute nearly $700 million to state and local …
Report: Violent crime rates continue to fall from pandemic heights
Violent crime rates in major U.S. cities are continuing to fall from the heights they reached during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report …
VA housing advocates upset with vetoes of tenant protection bills
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed several bills intended to do more to address the rights of renters in the Commonwealth. Along with …
Virginia groups show support for ongoing college protests
Some Virginia groups are choosing to offer support to pro-Palestine student protestors. Recent weeks have seen more than 100 arrests of protestors …
VA can bolster higher education access for incarcerated people
Virginia advocates believe more can be done to make higher education accessible to incarcerated people. Only a handful of community colleges partner …
Report: Philanthropies examining equity and past actions
A new report examines how philanthropy in and around Virginia came at the expense of Black people. The "Cracks in the Foundation" report noted …
Advocates: Proposed VA budget doesn’t meet community needs
Virginia advocates feel Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed budget isn't meeting community needs. Youngkin's 2024-2026 budget is built around numerous …
VA Group Working to Aid Domestic Violence Victims, Survivors
A Virginia group is working to ensure abusers can't use the courts to keep harming their victims. Commonly called "abusive litigation," these come …
Report: Making Longer Prison Sentences 'More Effective'
A new report outlines ways that states like Virginia could rethink long prison sentences and how to use them more sparingly. The Council on …
EPA Issues New Guidance on ‘Forever Chemicals’
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is implementing new rules on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as forever chemicals. The new …
UN Preparing Fund to Aid Poorer Nations Facing Climate-Change Impacts
The United Nations is reviewing details for a loss and damage fund to aid poorer countries for the harm they will suffer from climate change's effects…