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Redistricting: There’s a better way to do this
Here we are, just a year and a half from the 2021 redistricting in the commonwealth, and Virginia finally has legitimate legislative and congressional maps following the politicized process in 2011. This resolution comes by way of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week. A 5-4 majority of the justices said the Republican-controlled state House […]
Virginia’s largest city joins an ever-expanding, grisly list
Virginia Beach, with its 450,000 people, typically boasts of its stellar public schools, miles-long sandy Oceanfront, high median household income and the Navy’s East Coast master jet base. Native son and entertainer Pharrell Williams put the place on the global map just a few weeks ago, when he hosted a jam-packed, widely lauded festival. This […]
Unfortunately, getting old means fighting off the scammers
It’s easy to think we’d never get taken for a chump the way septuagenarian Judy Fern was — to the tune of nearly $200,000. Phone scammers convinced the woman in November 2017 to turn over access to her computer. Then, these so-called “tech support experts” persuaded Fern she needed to buy dozens of scratch-off gift […]
Amid tech advances, say ‘yes’ to due process
Police in the Big Apple use every technique at their disposal – including DNA – to solve horrendous crimes in the nation’s largest city. Even when New York’s cops play fast-and-loose with the constitutional rights of residents. Even when they conduct large “fishing expeditions” that lead to legitimate allegations of racially biased policing. In this […]
How a music star helped Virginia’s largest city solve a beach weekend headache
Virginia Beach officials, just about now, should be planning a statue for music impresario Pharrell Williams right near the ocean. The frequent Grammy winner and Virginia Beach native solved an excruciating headache for leaders of the commonwealth’s largest city: How should they respond when tens thousands of — mostly black — college students flock to […]