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April 9, 2024
Potential cancer-causing chemicals in our drinking water are what prompted Governor Glenn Youngkin to sign a new bill.
March 31, 2023
By opposing the parental rights bill that was recently shot down in the General Assembly and calling it “nonsensical,” Delegate Salam “Sam” Rasoul (D) betrayed…
March 8, 2022
The issue, like most General Assembly matters, will likely hinge on a budget deal.
May 28, 2021
Washington-area TV station ABC7-WJLA apologized for an anti-Muslim question one of its anchors addressed to a candidate during a televised debate Tuesday.
May 27, 2021
SHARE A TV station based in Arlington, Virginia, has apologised for a question posed to a Muslim candidate for state lieutenant governor that many people deemed to be Islamophobic. Sam Rasoul, a member of the Virginia state assembly, was one of six candidates taking part in a debate organised by the Virginia Democratic Party and broadcast by TV station WJLA on Tuesday. David Lucas, a news anchor at WJLA, asked Mr Rasoul about a Washington Post report that said his campaign was raising the mos...
May 27, 2021
Michael Pope reports During a televised debate with the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor this week, WJLA moderator Dave Lucas asked candidate Sam Rasoul if he could assure voters he would represent Virginians of all faiths. Scott Simpson, with the group Muslim Advocates, says that question employs anti-Muslim tropes. "We would never accept a moderator who asked a question about whether a candidate would be beholden to their Jewish donors or their Christian donors," Simpson argues...
February 4, 2021
When the US state of Virginias largest school district began allowing students time off to protest in 2019, the backlash was swift and partisan: Conservative critics denounced Fairfax County Public Schools for coddling its too-liberal, too-sensitive youth and predicted kids would abuse the policy to play hooky. But a year later, the Virginia General Assembly is poised to pass legislation that will take Fairfaxs policy statewide, permitting more than 680,000 middle and high school students acro...