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summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2025-02-20">Feb 20, 2025</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The median price of a single-family home in Virginia rose almost 40% between 2019 and 2024, pushing home ownership out of reach for many working-class families. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This year, Virginia legislators have introduced various measures to make home buying more attainable, both by helping buyers and incentivizing more home building. Progress has been slow.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><br></p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This year, Virginia legislators have introduced various measures to make home buying more attainable, both by helping buyers and incentivizing more home building.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Progress has been slow.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Virginia has an estimated housing shortage of about 105,000 homes, <a href="https://upforgrowth.org/apply-the-vision/housing-underproduction/"><u>according to a 2022 study by Up for Growth</u></a>, a housing advocacy group. 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police employment records</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-10-11">Oct 11, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p>Nonprofit newsroom claims Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services improperly withheld names, records of law enforcement officers.</p></div> <a href="/stories/lawsuit-seeks-to-open-up-virginia-police-disciplinary-records" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-10-11">Oct 11, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata 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href="/stories/highway-harms-in-virginia-cities-rising-health-risks-from-interstate-traffic" class="summary-title-link">Highway Harms: In Virginia cities, rising health risks from interstate traffic</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-08-16">Aug 16, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">On a Norfolk map, St. Paul’s Boulevard appears as a north-south arterial. But local urban geographer Johnny Finn views that same six-lane strip near Interstate 264 as a stark line of disparity.</p><p class="" style="text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Life expectancy is 85 years for people living downtown and in adjacent upscale, whiter west side neighborhoods, according to Finn’s research. It drops by more than two decades — to 61.5 — in poor majority-Black census tracts to the east dominated by three public housing complexes.</p><p class="" style="text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">“This is the cumulative impact of a century of racist housing policies and practices,” said Finn, an associate professor at Christopher Newport University. He called the finding “one of the most shocking juxtapositions” in his study of southeastern Virginia, because it amounted to taking “literal years off of life.”</p></div> <a href="/stories/highway-harms-in-virginia-cities-rising-health-risks-from-interstate-traffic" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-08-16">Aug 16, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/in-richmond-a-struggle-over-the-future-of-a-harlem-of-the-south" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="In Richmond, a struggle over the future of a ‘Harlem of the South’" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1721083678500-ZFXWZHSD3MK6KXA5627N/L1030202.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1721083678500-ZFXWZHSD3MK6KXA5627N/L1030202.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1380x921" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="In Richmond, a struggle over the future of a ‘Harlem of the South’" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-07-16">Jul 16, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/in-richmond-a-struggle-over-the-future-of-a-harlem-of-the-south" class="summary-title-link">In Richmond, a struggle over the future of a ‘Harlem of the South’</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-07-16">Jul 16, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">The historic Black neighborhood of Jackson Ward was intentionally split by highway development in the 1950s. Generations later, could a plan to reconnect the north and south sides renew a community?</p></div> <a href="/stories/in-richmond-a-struggle-over-the-future-of-a-harlem-of-the-south" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-07-16">Jul 16, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginia-foster-care-gets-new-reforms-funding-for-family-caregivers" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia foster care gets new reforms, funding for family caregivers" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1719225986936-Z0HJPUQ79UTWRYGADJ92/20230506_HKC_585.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1719225986936-Z0HJPUQ79UTWRYGADJ92/20230506_HKC_585.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4000x2857" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia foster care gets new reforms, funding for family caregivers" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-06-24">Jun 24, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-foster-care-gets-new-reforms-funding-for-family-caregivers" class="summary-title-link">Virginia foster care gets new reforms, funding for family caregivers</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-06-24">Jun 24, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">For decades, Virginia has ranked poorly among states for providing financial support for kinship carers — grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members raising children who are their relatives. And a <a href="https://jlarc.virginia.gov/2018-foster-care.asp"><span style="text-decoration:underline">critical state report found</span></a> many social services departments in Virginia have failed to provide enough oversight and protection for children in the care of their relatives.  </p><p class="">Starting July 1, bipartisan legislation signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin tackles some of these problems by establishing an aid program and protective guidelines for kinship care families.</p><p class=""><br></p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-foster-care-gets-new-reforms-funding-for-family-caregivers" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-06-24">Jun 24, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/dollar-tree-a-virginia-corporate-success-faces-new-pressures-over-its-history-of-violations" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Dollar Tree, a Virginia corporate success, faces new pressures over its history of violations" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1718217968763-JOHBFC2QJBE8SAGQNRBK/20220802_181053.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1718217968763-JOHBFC2QJBE8SAGQNRBK/20220802_181053.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3120x4160" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Dollar Tree, a Virginia corporate success, faces new pressures over its history of violations" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" 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"><p class="">Federal and state records show that Dollar Tree has a higher percentage of safety inspections that flag violations than retailers of similar size.</p><p class="">OSHA has issued $22.7 million in penalties to Dollar Tree from federal inspections between 2017 and April 2024.</p></div> <a href="/stories/dollar-tree-a-virginia-corporate-success-faces-new-pressures-over-its-history-of-violations" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-06-13">Jun 13, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags 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WHRO and ProPublica investigation, the recently approved Virginia budget includes nearly $60,000 over the next two years for a commission to study the disruption public college and university expansions have had on Black communities. </p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-establishes-commission-to-study-black-communities-uprooted-by-public-universities" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-05-17">May 17, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/in-norfolk-broken-neighborhoods-and-broken-trustnbsp" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="In Norfolk, broken neighborhoods and broken trust&nbsp;" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1714000625251-68FCYAQVFD4RS5U7QZBT/L1010268-Edit-Editsmall.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1714000625251-68FCYAQVFD4RS5U7QZBT/L1010268-Edit-Editsmall.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1104x737" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="In Norfolk, broken neighborhoods and broken trust&nbsp;" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container 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But would it reopen an isolated, Black community?</p></div> <a href="/stories/in-norfolk-broken-neighborhoods-and-broken-trustnbsp" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-04-25">Apr 25, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/police-reform-may-expand-in-virginia-but-behind-closed-doors" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Police reform may expand in Virginia, but behind closed doors" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1712796775670-M51AVPN9Z0J7SBTWDT91/whro+Richmond+Police+I.A.D.+Report+2020-0038+%28Seth+Walker+Layton%29-43.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1712796775670-M51AVPN9Z0J7SBTWDT91/whro+Richmond+Police+I.A.D.+Report+2020-0038+%28Seth+Walker+Layton%29-43.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1280x720" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Police reform may expand in Virginia, but behind closed doors" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-04-11">Apr 11, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/police-reform-may-expand-in-virginia-but-behind-closed-doors" class="summary-title-link">Police reform may expand in Virginia, but behind closed doors</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-04-11">Apr 11, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Since 2020, changes to the disciplinary process for law enforcement officers have driven up decertifications of wayward cops and prison guards. But a new law may shield investigators’ records and hearings from the public</p></div> <a href="/stories/police-reform-may-expand-in-virginia-but-behind-closed-doors" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-04-11">Apr 11, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmakers-approve-commission-to-examine-universities-displacement-of-black-communities" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia Lawmakers Approve Commission to Examine Universities’ Displacement of Black Communities" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1710407545164-T56LHCY10WOCBZAKGEZX/L1060693-Edit.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1710407545164-T56LHCY10WOCBZAKGEZX/L1060693-Edit.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3000x2002" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia Lawmakers Approve Commission to Examine Universities’ Displacement of Black Communities" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-03-14">Mar 14, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmakers-approve-commission-to-examine-universities-displacement-of-black-communities" class="summary-title-link">Virginia Lawmakers Approve Commission to Examine Universities’ Displacement of Black Communities</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-03-14">Mar 14, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">The groundbreaking commission, which was proposed in response to our “Uprooted” series, would consider compensation for dislodged property owners and their descendants. Whether Gov. Glenn Youngkin will sign the bill is unclear.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmakers-approve-commission-to-examine-universities-displacement-of-black-communities" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-03-14">Mar 14, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginias-foster-care-support-falters-for-families" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="As the opioid epidemic persists, Virginia’s foster care support falters for families" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1709232051065-ZM7272GWK2XN8FB4VEQP/20230514_HKC_315.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1709232051065-ZM7272GWK2XN8FB4VEQP/20230514_HKC_315.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4000x2857" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="As the opioid epidemic persists, Virginia’s foster care support falters for families" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-29">Feb 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginias-foster-care-support-falters-for-families" class="summary-title-link">As the opioid epidemic persists, Virginia’s foster care support falters for families</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-29">Feb 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">A Richmond-area retiree raises four grandchildren, struggling to pay bills and navigate the tangled bureaucracy of kinship care</p><p class="">Relatives caring for children in Virginia are far less likely than caregivers in other states to have help from the foster care system for child care, counseling, grocery bills and other needs. About 12% of the <a href="https://www.dss.virginia.gov/geninfo/reports/children/fc.cgi"><span style="text-decoration:underline">children</span></a> in Virginia’s foster care system live with relatives and receive support from the system, according to state data, far below the national rate of 33%.<br></p></div> <a href="/stories/virginias-foster-care-support-falters-for-families" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-29">Feb 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div 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elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-08">Feb 8, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-is-in-the-minority-of-states-keeping-even-the-most-basic-police-data-secret" class="summary-title-link"> Virginia is in the minority of states keeping even the most basic police data secret</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-08">Feb 8, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police, Virginia lawmakers took action on reports that state policing regulators <a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-certification-20200813-wp2i326dgbewhed6axpu3plmxu-story.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline">failed</span></a> to strip the police certifications from dozens of officers with criminal convictions ranging from embezzlement to possession of child pornography and sexual assault. </p><p class="">The Legislature passed <a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5030"><span style="text-decoration:underline">a bill</span></a> in October 2020 requiring police departments to complete internal investigations even if officers resign during them, and to provide any records of misconduct to new prospective employers for officers; strengthening the requirements for agencies to send reports of misconduct to state regulators; expanding the offenses for which officers can be stripped of their certifications; and requiring a state board to write a statewide standard of conduct for policing.</p><p class="">Three years later, barely anything has changed.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-is-in-the-minority-of-states-keeping-even-the-most-basic-police-data-secret" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-02-08">Feb 8, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/task-force-to-consider-restorative-justice-for-black-families-uprooted-by-virginia-universitys-expansion" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Task Force to Consider “Restorative Justice” for Black Families Uprooted by Virginia University’s Expansion" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1706558366089-9447L4SY377IJKQCX1J2/L1060243.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1706558366089-9447L4SY377IJKQCX1J2/L1060243.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3600x2400" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Task Force to Consider “Restorative Justice” for Black Families Uprooted by Virginia University’s Expansion" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-29">Jan 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/task-force-to-consider-restorative-justice-for-black-families-uprooted-by-virginia-universitys-expansion" class="summary-title-link">Task Force to Consider “Restorative Justice” for Black Families Uprooted by Virginia University’s Expansion</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-29">Jan 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Spurred by our “Uprooted” series, a task force created by the city of Newport News and Christopher Newport University will reexamine decades of city and university records shedding light on a Black neighborhood’s destruction.</p></div> <a href="/stories/task-force-to-consider-restorative-justice-for-black-families-uprooted-by-virginia-universitys-expansion" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-29">Jan 29, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text 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Universities" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-17">Jan 17, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/lawmaker-seeks-study-relief-for-black-communities-uprooted-by-virginia-universities" class="summary-title-link">Lawmaker Seeks Study, Relief for Black Communities Uprooted by Virginia Universities</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-17">Jan 17, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Following an investigation by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO and ProPublica, Del. Delores McQuinn introduces bill for a commission to investigate the displacement of Black neighborhoods by Virginia’s public colleges and universities</p></div> <a href="/stories/lawmaker-seeks-study-relief-for-black-communities-uprooted-by-virginia-universities" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2024-01-17">Jan 17, 2024</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/the-university-uprooted-a-black-neighborhood-then-its-policies-reduced-the-black-presence-on-campus" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus." data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1703247624629-WS3Q5PD1RASDY8K0583A/L1000771.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1703247624629-WS3Q5PD1RASDY8K0583A/L1000771.jpg" data-image-dimensions="2402x3600" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus." data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-22">Dec 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/the-university-uprooted-a-black-neighborhood-then-its-policies-reduced-the-black-presence-on-campus" class="summary-title-link">The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus.</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-22">Dec 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.” By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.</p></div> <a href="/stories/the-university-uprooted-a-black-neighborhood-then-its-policies-reduced-the-black-presence-on-campus" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-22">Dec 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/norfolkfloodwall" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Norfolk has a plan to save itself from rising seas. For many, it’s a $2.7 billion mystery" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1702820334425-2B6WARQ5M86S6M9O6DRT/bt+KimSudderthSharonEndrick12152023+01.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1702820334425-2B6WARQ5M86S6M9O6DRT/bt+KimSudderthSharonEndrick12152023+01.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4200x2800" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Norfolk has a plan to save itself from rising seas. For many, it’s a $2.7 billion mystery" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-17">Dec 17, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/norfolkfloodwall" class="summary-title-link">Norfolk has a plan to save itself from rising seas. For many, it’s a $2.7 billion mystery</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-17">Dec 17, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Norfolk, where the land is sinking and seas are rising faster than anywhere else on the Atlantic coast, is the first city in the U.S. to move forward with a coastal storm risk management plan under a 2015 Army Corps of Engineers strategy.</p><p class="">The two groups at opposite ends of the political and economic hierarchy each felt betrayed by a lack of transparency from federal and city officials about the largest infrastructure project in Norfolk’s history, one that will dramatically transform the city.</p></div> <a href="/stories/norfolkfloodwall" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-12-17">Dec 17, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmaker-calls-for-commission-to-study-state-universities-history-of-uprooting-black-communities" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Commission to Study State Universities’ History of Uprooting Black Communities" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1699563029051-7O23V3QUJ7FNRSUYYXHG/cnu.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1699563029051-7O23V3QUJ7FNRSUYYXHG/cnu.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3104x2069" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Commission to Study State Universities’ History of Uprooting Black Communities" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-10">Nov 10, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmaker-calls-for-commission-to-study-state-universities-history-of-uprooting-black-communities" class="summary-title-link">Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Commission to Study State Universities’ History of Uprooting Black Communities</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-10">Nov 10, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">In response to our reporting, state Delegate Delores McQuinn said a task force could shed light on the impact of college expansion in Virginia. Officials are also calling for displaced families to receive redress, from scholarships to reparations.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-lawmaker-calls-for-commission-to-study-state-universities-history-of-uprooting-black-communities" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-10">Nov 10, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginia-campaigns-set-fundraising-records" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia campaigns set fundraising records" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1699218867499-PWQ088OSCCE0V77C0TUX/231103_VIRGINIA_CAPITOL+1.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1699218867499-PWQ088OSCCE0V77C0TUX/231103_VIRGINIA_CAPITOL+1.jpg" data-image-dimensions="5592x3728" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia campaigns set fundraising records" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-06">Nov 6, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-campaigns-set-fundraising-records" class="summary-title-link">Virginia campaigns set fundraising records</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-06">Nov 6, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Virginia’s high-stakes General Assembly elections on Nov. 7 are the commonwealth’s most expensive on record — and could prove to be <a href="https://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?dt=1&f-fc=2&c-exi=1&c-r-t=1&c-r-ot=S,H&d-infl=1#[%7B1%7Cgro=y,f-s"><span style="text-decoration:underline">among the costliest</span></a> legislative elections in U.S. history.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-campaigns-set-fundraising-records" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-11-06">Nov 6, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginia-law-allows-the-papers-of-university-presidents-to-stay-secret-limiting-public-oversight" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia Law Allows the Papers of University Presidents to Stay Secret, Limiting Public Oversight" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1696277801298-2Y0U44NEZYRCA8AXUJGA/Redacted+FOIA+provision.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1696277801298-2Y0U44NEZYRCA8AXUJGA/Redacted+FOIA+provision.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3017x1827" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia Law Allows the Papers of University Presidents to Stay Secret, Limiting Public Oversight" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-10-03">Oct 3, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginia-law-allows-the-papers-of-university-presidents-to-stay-secret-limiting-public-oversight" class="summary-title-link">Virginia Law Allows the Papers of University Presidents to Stay Secret, Limiting Public Oversight</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-10-03">Oct 3, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">A provision in state law exempts college presidents’ “working papers and correspondence” from disclosure even after they step down — as we found out when we asked about one ex-president’s role in campus expansions that uprooted a Black neighborhood.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginia-law-allows-the-papers-of-university-presidents-to-stay-secret-limiting-public-oversight" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-10-03">Oct 3, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/ante-up-8-million-casino-referendum-in-richmond-breaks-state-record" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Ante up: $8 million casino referendum in Richmond breaks state record" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1695341928686-PMLP7FOMGXIWXGUUZJ86/CasinospendingillisFINAL.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1695341928686-PMLP7FOMGXIWXGUUZJ86/CasinospendingillisFINAL.jpg" data-image-dimensions="8415x5610" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Ante up: $8 million casino referendum in Richmond breaks state record" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-22">Sep 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/ante-up-8-million-casino-referendum-in-richmond-breaks-state-record" class="summary-title-link">Ante up: $8 million casino referendum in Richmond breaks state record</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-22">Sep 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Out-of-state developers have poured a record $8.1 million into a referendum campaign to allow the construction of a resort casino in Richmond, far-and-away the highest sum for a local election in Virginia.</p></div> <a href="/stories/ante-up-8-million-casino-referendum-in-richmond-breaks-state-record" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-22">Sep 22, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/nearly-2-million-in-dark-money-pours-into-historic-virginia-campaigns" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Nearly $2 million in “dark money” pours into historic Virginia campaigns" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1694775670054-YFU2XCJ92JT8IJQM1E7J/2023-09-01-RVA-ELEC-BOARD+2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1694775670054-YFU2XCJ92JT8IJQM1E7J/2023-09-01-RVA-ELEC-BOARD+2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="6229x4153" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Nearly $2 million in “dark money” pours into historic Virginia campaigns" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-15">Sep 15, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/nearly-2-million-in-dark-money-pours-into-historic-virginia-campaigns" class="summary-title-link">Nearly $2 million in “dark money” pours into historic Virginia campaigns</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-15">Sep 15, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Independent political groups backed largely by “<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/dark-money/basics"><span style="text-decoration:underline">dark money</span></a>” organizations and wealthy donors have spent nearly $1.7 million on Virginia candidates this election cycle, raising concerns about transparency and the influence of outside money in the tightly contested battle for control of the General Assembly.</p></div> <a href="/stories/nearly-2-million-in-dark-money-pours-into-historic-virginia-campaigns" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-15">Sep 15, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/virginias-public-universities-have-a-long-history-of-displacing-black-residents" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Virginia’s Public Universities Have a Long History of Displacing Black Residents" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1694362947380-YXNWGJHSHZ9DH7N9PX65/bt+DEBORAH+MAPP+09082023+01.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1694362947380-YXNWGJHSHZ9DH7N9PX65/bt+DEBORAH+MAPP+09082023+01.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3600x2424" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Virginia’s Public Universities Have a Long History of Displacing Black Residents" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-11">Sep 11, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/virginias-public-universities-have-a-long-history-of-displacing-black-residents" class="summary-title-link">Virginia’s Public Universities Have a Long History of Displacing Black Residents</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-11">Sep 11, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Schools including Old Dominion and the flagship University of Virginia have expanded by dislodging Black families, sometimes by the threat or use of eminent domain.</p></div> <a href="/stories/virginias-public-universities-have-a-long-history-of-displacing-black-residents" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-11">Sep 11, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Erasing the “Black Spot”: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1693749890051-RM6VHCF4FJ0KAXHAMZ3I/L1050667.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1693749890051-RM6VHCF4FJ0KAXHAMZ3I/L1050667.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3000x2000" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Erasing the “Black Spot”: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-05">Sep 5, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood" class="summary-title-link">Erasing the “Black Spot”: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-05">Sep 5, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Sixty-plus years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, Virginia, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college. The school has been gobbling up the remaining houses ever since.</p></div> <a href="/stories/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-09-05">Sep 5, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/i-just-dont-want-to-die-black-pregnant-women-are-turning-to-midwives-for-personalized-care-and-a-better-chance-at-survival" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="‘I just don't want to die’: Black pregnant women are turning to midwives for personalized care — and a better chance at survival" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1691429756664-BJSXBCC1AHKSJQ0FY1Y8/Black+Midwives_Kasmauski-17.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1691429756664-BJSXBCC1AHKSJQ0FY1Y8/Black+Midwives_Kasmauski-17.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3115x2078" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="‘I just don't want to die’: Black pregnant women are turning to midwives for personalized care — and a better chance at survival" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-08-08">Aug 8, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/i-just-dont-want-to-die-black-pregnant-women-are-turning-to-midwives-for-personalized-care-and-a-better-chance-at-survival" class="summary-title-link">‘I just don't want to die’: Black pregnant women are turning to midwives for personalized care — and a better chance at survival</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-08-08">Aug 8, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">In Virginia, Black women in recent years have been more than twice as likely as other mothers to have a death attributed to childbirth.</p><p class="">Photographer Karen Kasmauski followed the work of Black midwives between January and April this year in Virginia. Her series of photographs traces the relationships formed between midwives and their clients — from initial consultations and prenatal meetings to the birth and support in the months following pregnancy.</p></div> <a href="/stories/i-just-dont-want-to-die-black-pregnant-women-are-turning-to-midwives-for-personalized-care-and-a-better-chance-at-survival" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-08-08">Aug 8, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/richmond-voting-site-closures-could-make-in-person-early-voting-inaccessible-to-minority-voters" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Richmond voting site closures could make in-person early voting inaccessible to minority voters" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1691018463687-540HPFZQOSXXY5MUWUVA/m-transit-horiz.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1691018463687-540HPFZQOSXXY5MUWUVA/m-transit-horiz.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1280x720" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Richmond voting site closures could make in-person early voting inaccessible to minority voters" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content 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summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">The Richmond Electoral Board’s <a href="https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-07-28/richmond-electoral-board-early-voting-sites"><span style="text-decoration:underline">decision last week to limit early voting locations</span></a> could force voters in majority Black precincts to travel more than two hours by public transit to cast their ballots ahead of election day, an analysis by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO has found. </p></div> <a href="/stories/richmond-voting-site-closures-could-make-in-person-early-voting-inaccessible-to-minority-voters" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-08-03">Aug 3, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-cats summary-item-has-tags summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/stories/candidates-in-hampton-roads-richmond-raked-in-more-than-1-million-in-final-primary-sprint" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Candidates in Hampton Roads, Richmond, raked in more than $1 million in final primary sprint" data-description="" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">  <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1690414709969-L93MMVAQ5QMPBPHEJ4GT/jimmy+campaign+finance+lead+image.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf13b2fb9cc7800010747ee/1690414709969-L93MMVAQ5QMPBPHEJ4GT/jimmy+campaign+finance+lead+image.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1200x630" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Candidates in Hampton Roads, Richmond, raked in more than $1 million in final primary sprint" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a>  </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-07-27">Jul 27, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/stories/candidates-in-hampton-roads-richmond-raked-in-more-than-1-million-in-final-primary-sprint" class="summary-title-link">Candidates in Hampton Roads, Richmond, raked in more than $1 million in final primary sprint</a></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-07-27">Jul 27, 2023</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p class="">Virginia legislative candidates across Greater Richmond and Hampton Roads raised nearly $3.8 million in the last three weeks of June — mostly from big donors giving more than $10,000 to their campaigns.</p></div> <a href="/stories/candidates-in-hampton-roads-richmond-raked-in-more-than-1-million-in-final-primary-sprint" class="summary-read-more-link">Read More →</a> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary">  <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2023-07-27">Jul 27, 2023</time> </div> <div 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