As measles cases rise in Virginia, policymakers should consider elminating the nonmedical vaccine exemptions that only help the virus spread.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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.
- 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.
We need to lower the temperature when we talk about AI. The doom and gloom are paralyzing Virginia's small businesses that could prosper.
Mimosa’s pretty flowers and nice fragrance don’t justify the harm it does.
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.
We should be celebrating the 61st anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare. Beacuse of Trump, we're bracing for their collapse.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- MARLENE A. CONDON
Make no mistake about it, the destruction of Albemarle County's mimosa trees is literally an environmental crime against nature.
- JORDAN CADE
Madison County residents exposed to asbestos when its risks were unknown bear the burden of reconstructing their own exposure histories because of poor recordkeeping.
- ISABEL McLAIN and WOODY ROGERS
This legislative session in Virginia delivered major victories providing localities with tools to increase their supplies of affordable housing.
- HOPE PERITZ
As families make lists of school supplies and last-minute summer plans, it's also time to take a moment to review students' vaccine and medical records.
- MICHAEL D. PURZYCKI
Whatever the final outcome of the Iran conflict, waiving the Jones Act was a mistake that shouldn't be repeated.
- JORGEN VIK
If you are intrigued by the idea of owning stock in an AI company, consider not investing more than you can afford to lose.
- ROBERT J. HOLLAND
We can’t change our history, but we can try to understand it and learn from it.
- TERRY McAULIFFE
Virginia's lesson for other states is straightforward: be practical, be ambitious, build more, lower costs, create jobs and protect progress.
- JORGEN VIK
Going with the crowd, cruising down the river, feels good. But it may not be your best investment move.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Because of the Supreme Court, the only qualification to work for the federal government will be a subscription to Trump's version of the 2020 election.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
On one point we can agree: “Current environmental conditions simply do not allow for environmental propaganda that is not based in fact.”