Bold Dominion

As has been widely reported, the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing a serious pubic health emergency. Alongside this public health crisis is an economic crisis. Even for all of us who haven’t gotten sick… yet… the pandemic is still upending our lives.

We talk with journalist Peter Galuszka about how the pandeminc is going to hit…

In this episode of Bold Dominion: the Virginia General Assembly has just wrapped up its 2020 session. And plenty of observers have said that this was a historic session.

With new Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate – plus a democratic governor – a raft of new legislation made its way through passage this year. …

Once in a while, the national politics story and the Virginia politics story are the same story. We’re just around the corner from Super Tuesday (March 3), when Virginia and a raft of other states hold primaries for the Democratic nomination for President.

What can we expect in Virginia as we head toward the Super Tuesday vote? …

Virginia just became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. On the face of it, the ERA seems straightforward: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex."

Proponents want the ERA because of continuing sex inequality in our society. …

In this episode of Bold Dominion: guns and gun policy.

On May 31st, 2019, a disgruntled city employee in Virginia Beach shot and killed twelve people in a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building.

Weeks later, Virginia’s Democratic governor Ralph Northam called a special summer…

Each week on Bold Dominion, we explain one big topic. This week, that topic is the General Assembly itself. We're about a week into the 2020 session, so it's a good time to figure out: how does the General Assembly actually work?

Guests include Graham Moomaw, politics reporter at The Virginia Mercury; Peter Galuszka…

Bold Dominion is a new explainer for state politics in a changing Virginia.