The American Girl brand turns 40 this year, and so too do many of millennials who grew up loving the dolls and their stories. So just why does the brand endure?
- JACK SALMON
Between 2018 and 2023, 22,000 people left Virginia, taking with them some $7 billion in income, along with their consumption, talent and future tax revenue.
- JEFF BENNETT
This past weekend at Virginia State was just the latest reminder of how far, and how little, we've come since Virginia Tech.
- K. WARD CUMMINGS
Anti-Black racism is fueled not only by fear and resentment, but by a deeper anxiety over status, identity and the enduring power of Black Americans.
- CHARLIE JACKSON
Virginia's hemp crackdown threatens longtime businesses and the people who rely on their products.
- MARK J. ROZELL
Virginia's off-year elections respect the federalism principle that states and localities often have distinctive issues that need to be debated outside the national discourse.
- JORGEN VIK
It's becoming more common to make leveraged investments. But the more leverage you use, the more volatility works against you.
Virginia is investing a record-breaking $304 million into a program to fund Chesapeake Bay restoration, agricultural conservation and more.
Republicans hoped Virginia Democrats would embrace progressives as they have elsewhere. But on a gray, rainy primary day, moderate, old Virginia did its thing.
We all understand intellectually that we saved to be able to spend later. Yet so many of us struggle to make the switch.
Taylor Brown's fictionalization of the West Virginia coal miner strikes of the early 1900s is thought-provoking — thanks more to the subject matter than the writing.
As measles cases rise in Virginia, policymakers should consider elminating the nonmedical vaccine exemptions that only help the virus spread.
Most workers do not want to march on picket lines or sacrifice income. They simply want to support their families and be treated with dignity.
Albemarle County Public Schools, mired in a pair of sexual misconduct scandals, has new policies on professional boundaries. They are not enough.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Albemarle County Public Schools, mired in a pair of sexual misconduct scandals, has new policies on professional boundaries. They are not enough.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The residents at Charlottesville's Free Bridge encampment should be made aware of Virginia's housing choice vouchers.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I am concerned about the detailed reporting and the comments made about the rape allegations at the Rivanna River homeless encampment.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
While I wouldn’t be upset to see Presient Donald Trump out of office, an assassination would ultimately cause more harm to the system.
- JOAN SWANBERG
Coming this September, the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont will be hosting its Botanical Art Festival. New to botanical art? Let me help.
- MATT MORAN
We need to lower the temperature when we talk about AI. The doom and gloom are paralyzing Virginia's small businesses that could prosper.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mimosa’s pretty flowers and nice fragrance don’t justify the harm it does.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Journalists and politicians claim Virginia's "ban" on "assault weapons" would end civilian access to the AR-15 category. This is a demonstrable half-truth.
- CHRISTOPHER HOWARD
We should be celebrating the 61st anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare. Beacuse of Trump, we're bracing for their collapse.
- DONALD J. GLAZER
Virginia’s new 340B Program Work Group is a chance to restore accountability, transparency and patient-focused reform to a federal program that has failed us.
- CAMERON STEELE
One of the hardest parts about cancer is learning to balance the desire for a fulfilling life with the strength to face the realities of the disease. Writing can help.
- JORGEN VIK
It t takes a lot of hubris or ignorance, or both, to suggest one knows how to predict when the market will turn south next time.