
Roberta Oster
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WatchDuring these turbulent times for LGBTQ+ youth, He She Ze and We provides a safe haven by serving families with trans and nonbinary loved ones of all ages.
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Many families are learning about the transgender community, what it means and how to help their own children.
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UVA Law professor says people who use period-tracking apps are particularly vulnerable.
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“We can look a historical figure in the eye and understand that they are flawed and brilliant at the same time."
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WatchAs she walks the grounds of Monticello, Gayle Jessup White tells the story of those who once lived there - the enslaver, Thomas Jefferson, who enslaved more than 600 people, and the enslaved families he forced to work there. White is related to both families. “I couldn’t put together in my 13-year-old mind how a little Black kid growing up in Washington, D.C. could be related to the third president of the United States of America,” says Gayle Jessup White. White spent four decades tracing her ancestry and discovered through DNA that she is related both to Thomas Jefferson and to Peter Hemings, Sally Hemings’ brother. She works at Monticello and last year she published her memoir, “Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and a Descendant's Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy.” White hopes sharing her family story will help future generations better understand Thomas Jefferson and American history and continue the work of honoring the enslaved people and their role in shaping this country.
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A recent poll found that young Americans were least likely to say they plan to vote in the upcoming election.
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Third Act Virginia, part of a national climate justice organization is fighting to halt further construction of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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WatchAt a rally organized by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, community members, advocates and lawmakers gathered at the State Capitol to speak out against the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.
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Hundreds traveled to Thomas Jefferson's Albemarle estate.
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April 28 is Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Yet, despite the lessons of history, antisemitism is on the rise in Virginia and around the world.