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Our hearts are heavy at the harrowing scenes of Afghan allies and refugees seeking to flee their homeland as the Taliban tightens its grip on the country. Leaving everything they have behind, some 400,000 Afghans have been forced from their homes since the beginning of the year.
The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that the Gloucester County School Board will be ordered to pay over $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs requested in Gavin Grimm’s discrimination case.
RICHMOND, Va. (July 28, 2021) – In a win for Virginia schools and students, a Lynchburg court dismissed a challenge against the Virginia Department of Education’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students on Tuesday.
The Virginia Coalition on Solitary Confinement sent Governor Ralph Northam a letter on Tuesday urging him to end solitary confinement in Virginia's prison systems.
Solitary confinement by any other name is still solitary confinement
The following statement can be attributed to Executive Director Mary Bauer: