Virginia Mercury

New information in 138-year-old Virginia Beach lynching shatters state’s genteel veneer

by Paul Bibeau, Virginia Mercury May 2, 2023 This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the lynching of Noah Cherry, whose violent death at the hands of an enraged mob refuted Virginia’s carefully curated image as a moderate and genteel commonwealth. Part 2, which looks at the...

Virginia is battleground in baristas’ organizing fight

by Stephenie Overman, Virginia Mercury April 17, 2023 The biggest morale boost for Richmond Starbucks barista Tyler Hofmann is when customers make up names like “union solidarity” to identify their orders. “It gets printed out and [employees] have to call out union stuff in the café,” he said. That opens...