In this webinar, recorded June 16 2020, author Debbie Levy discusses her biographical graphic novel, Becoming RBG, with Tasha Birckhead. “An excellent introduction to a woman who has no doubt …

Thomas P. Kapsidelis, a former Virginia Humanities residential fellow, is the author of After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings, published in 2019 by The …

A series of four virtual events celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote kicked off last week with a conversation between two powerful, creative women: Nikki …

Jim Crow continues to impact the American labor market, and COVID-19 is making the workplace increasingly inequitable for women of all races.

Everyone remembers things differently. WGR takes you from D.C. to Poland for the many ways of commemorating the Holocaust.

100 years ago, women got the right to vote. Well – some women did.

Most manufacturing jobs these days require specialized training and certification. How do felons who’ve served their time surmount this added barrier to getting a job?

Math professor Randy Conesays that his students are less math-literate today than they were fifteen years ago. He’s looking for new ways to bring students up to speed for college level math.

For every ten students who go to community college for an associate’s degree, only one graduates in three years. Stan Jones , president of Complete College America says it’s time to overhaul the community college system.

The research shows that segregated schools are unequal schools, and yet segregation is still a reality in America. Genevieve Siegel-Hawley says that the key to integrating schools is breaking down the barriers between suburban and city districts.

One of the biggest hurdles for ex-convicts re-entering society is finding a job. Marcella Gale teaches ex-convicts and other adult learners in a program that offers industry-specific technical training that’s in high demand.

Indigenous Acknowledgment

Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation, the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

We invite you to learn more about Indians in Virginia in our Encyclopedia Virginia.