Ending felony disenfranchisement
OPINION - It’s should come as no surprise that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is taking steps to rid the states of laws blocking people with felony convictions from the ballot box...
Electoral vote split plans face GOP backlash
theGRIO REPORT - Republican-backed plans to make electoral voting in swing states like Michigan, Virginia, Ohio and Florida proportional has had progressives and civil rights groups nervous for weeks...
McDonnell's 'personhood' bill dies in Virginia
A controversial bill, backed by Republican Virginia Bob McDonnell, which would have severely threatened abortion rights (and disproportionately affected African-American women) was killed by the state senate today...
Va. GOP chairman's racist email depicts blacks as dogs
VIDEO - The actions by the Republican party chair are the latest example of a racist email forward destroying a prominent conservative's political credibility and possibly career...
Jim Crow makes a comeback in Virginia
OPINION - Gov. McDonnell will require ex-felons seeking to vote to write an essay on the "reasons why you believe the restoration of your civil rights is justified"...
Miss. gov says Confederacy flap not worth 'diddly'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation was a mistake...
Why is Virginia's governor still fighting the Civil War?
OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus while denouncing Christmas...
Virginia celebrates 'Confederate History Month' after 8 year hiatus
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Black members of Virginia's General Assembly, all Democrats, called the proclamation offensive and disturbing...
'Confederate History Month' declared by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his two Democratic predecessors -- Mark Warner and Tim Kaine -- refused to do.
How Republicans reclaimed the middle in 2009 elections
OPINION - Governors-elect Bob McDonnell (VA) and Chris Christie (NJ) proved last night that the moderate/centrist wing of the GOP is not dead.
