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Virginia governor Ralph Northam hailed an “awakening” on “black oppression” on Wednesday in the wake of the George Floyd demonstrations, while again denying he appeared in a yearbook photo featuring a man in blackface and another in Ku Klux Klan regalia. “There’s been an awakening of really what Black oppression is,” Northam told NBC’s Lester …
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Virginia governor Ralph Northam said Tuesday that he would christen Juneteenth — celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. — an official state holiday, making Virginia the second state in the country to adopt such a measure. “It’s time we elevate this,” Northam announced. “Not just a celebration by …
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The Justice Department is pushing back against Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s stay at home order, arguing that churches have been unfairly affected. The DOJ filed a statement of interest on Sunday in federal court in support of a Chincoteague, Virginia church that sued the state after its pastor was issued a criminal citation for holding a service with 16 …
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam speaks to gun control activists at a rally by Moms Demand Action and other family members of shooting victims outside of the Virginia State Capitol Building in Richmond, Va., July 9, 2019. Virginia will no longer require voters to present a photo ID in order to cast a ballot, Governor Ralph …
Virginia governor Ralph Northam hailed an “awakening” on “black oppression” on Wednesday in the wake of the George Floyd demonstrations, while again denying he appeared in a yearbook photo featuring a man in blackface and another in Ku Klux Klan regalia. “There’s been an awakening of really what Black oppression is,” Northam told NBC’s Lester …
