BLACK VIRGINIA NEWS
by Black Virginia News
We give you the no B.S. truth in an era of lying. 🔥 BLACK VIRGINIA NEWS is the go-to platform exclusively dedicated to covering ALL of Black Virginia — the first and only one of its kind. Tap in and subscribe: blackvirginianews.substack.com ✨ We spotlight the voices that matter — newsmakers, bold interviews, sharp commentary, and real news — all with that unmistakable Virginia flavor.🎙️Our podcast? No fluff, no filler, just facts — straight talk that cuts through the noise and tells it like it is. We shine a light on what others overlook. 👊🏽 Contact us at: 📬 [email protected] 👊🏽 BlueSky: @blackvirginianews.bsky.social | TikTok: BlackVirginiaNews | Merch: https://blackvirginianews.shop/ blackvirginianews.substack.com
Episodes
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EP75 - A Lively Data Center Town Hall in Manassas, Virginia
One thing that was made clear during a data center listening tour stop in Manassas, Virginia on June 15: Many citizens in Virginia really hate data centers. There were no speakers in favor of data centers who came to the mic over two hours. Many who spoke are worried about the environment…
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EP74 - Rep. Bobby Scott on the Virginia Supreme Court, Redistricting and Voting Rights
EP74 - Congressman Bobby Scott on the Virginia Supreme Court Redistricting Ruling, the Fight Over Voting Rights, and What Comes Next. Over the course of 10 days, Democrats in Virginia and across the nation suffered three major political setbacks. How they respond in the weeks and months ahead…
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EP73 - Is the Sleeping Giant of Black Voters About to Wake Up?
EP73 - Black Voters: Is the Trumpian Attack on Voting Rights About to Wake a Sleeping Giant? Five members of the Congressional Black Caucus discuss a rising level of energy and interest they’re witnessing in their districts after the U.S. Supreme Court severely damaged the 1965 Voting Rights Act…
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EP72 - Trump's FBI Targets Sen. L Louise Lucas
EP72 - Trump’s FBI Targets Sen. L Louise Lucas with Dr. Fergie Reid. The growing list of political adversaries of Donald Trump who have been the focus of investigation or indictment from Trump’s DoJ now includes one of the most powerful elected officials in Virginia. On May 6, 2026, the business...
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EP71: Why Was the Mayor of Martinsville Removed from Power with No Due Process?
EP71: Why was the Mayor of Martinsville Removed from Power? Richmond-based attorney Paul Goldman walks through the story of what happened to LC Jones, the Mayor of Martinsville, Virginia. A recall petition with no evidence attached to it led to a Black Mayor being removed from power. Mayor Jones...
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EP70 - Interview with Delegate Stacey Carroll of Stafford
EP70: Interview with Delegate Stacey Carroll of Stafford. Stacey Carroll is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 64th District in Stafford County. A Democrat, she took office in January 2026 after defeating longtime Republican incumbent Paul Milde in a very closely…
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EP69 - Virginia GOP Ignores the Insanity of Donald Trump, Whines About Gov. Spanberger
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Donald Trump wrote in his latest insane communication on April 7, 2026 EP68: TARGETING GOV. SPANBERGER WHILE IGNORING THE ROLLING CRAZINESS OF DONALD TRUMP. On episode 69 of the Black Virginia News podcast, Dr. Fergie Reid,...
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EP68 - Black Politics, Redistricting, Maps and Flyer Wars with Phillip Thompson
EP68 - Discussing flyer wars, Black politics in Virginia and redistricting with attorney Phillip Thompson of Loudoun. In late 2025, after President Donald Trump pushed Republicans in Texas to change their maps so he could rig the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats reacted and pushed back hard....
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EP67 - The Tsunami 64 Democrats: Historic Virginia House Results with Fergie Reid, Jr.
EP67 - The Tsunami 64 Democrats: Virginia House Results with Fergie Reid, Jr. With a record-shattering 13-seat gain, Virginia Democrats have taken commanding control of the House of Delegates — setting the stage for a new political era. Virginia’s focused and hard driving Speaker, Don Scott, will...
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EP66 - Virginia Elections 2025: Reactions to a Blue Tsunami
EP66 - Virginia Elections 2025: Reactions to a Blue Tsunami. In this episode of the Black Virginia News podcast, Phil Thompson and Lauren Burke give their first impressions of election night in Virginia. Democrats completed a stunning victory and extended their majority in the Virginia House of...
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EP65 - Virginia's Attorney General Race: Black Voters, Media, and Jay Jones
EP65 - Virginia’s Attorney General Race: Black Voters, Media, and Jay Jones. In this episode of the Black Virginia News podcast, Penny Blue and Lauren Burke have a candid conversation about the 2025 race for Attorney General in Virginia. They will touch on topics of race, media and political...
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EP64 - An Analysis of Virginia House Races with Fergie Reid, Jr.
EP64 - An Analysis of Virginia House Races with Fergie Reid, Jr. The 2025 race for control of the Virginia House of Delegates will serve as a barometer on the mood of the country and the policies of Donald Trump. Fergie Reid, Jr., the son William Ferguson Reid, the first Black person to be…
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EP63 - Health Care and Rural Politics: Lynlee Thorne of Rural GroundGame
EP63 - Health Care and Rural Politics: Lynlee Thorne of Rural GroundGame. “If we share a core belief that every person has inherent value, is deserving of dignity, respect, and equity, we won’t allow challenging electoral math or long stretches of dirt road prevent us from showing we care by...
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EP62 - Virginia AG Race: State of Play on Jay with Paul Goldman
EP62 - Analysis of the Virginia Attorney General’s Race: State of Play on Jay with Paul Goldman. In podcast episode 62 of the Black Virginia News podcast we have a discussion on the current state of the play for the Virginia Attorney General’s race Attorney General Jason Miyares is working to…
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EP61 - Race for Governor of Virginia: Earle-Sears vs. Spanberger Debate Analysis
EP61 - Race for Governor: Earle-Sears vs. Spanberger Debate Analysis. The first and only debate of the 2025 race for Governor of Virginia took place tonight at Norfolk State University. On episode 61 we look at the first few moments of a historic conversation featuring two woman as the major…
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EP60 - Interview with Cat Porterfield, Dem Nominee in House District 99
EP60 - Interview with Cat Porterfield. Black Virginia News podcast 60 features an interview with the Democratic nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates in House District 99, Cat Porterfield. District 99 features Virginia Beach. Porterfield talks with Lauren Burke about the issues she’s…
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EP59 - GOP Hypocrisy on Violence and Jay Jones
EP59 - GOP Hypocrisy on Violence and Jay Jones with Paul Goldman. Richmond attorney Paul Goldman, a former Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, weighs in on the current state of play in the race for Attorney General in Virginia. There are only 30 days left to Election Day in Virginia. Early...
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EP58 - An Analysis of the Virginia Governor's Race with Sam Shirazi
A LOOK AT THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S RACE. Podcast 58 features Sam Shirazi, the host of Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections and Lauren Burke discussing the race for Governor of Virginia. The 2025 race for Governor features sitting Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee,...
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EP57 - On Pending Government Shutdown
LOOMING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN! As Congress fails to reach agreement on funding bills or a continuing resolution, the federal government is on the brink of shutting down at midnight tonight. A major question point of disagreement is whether a deal can be reached on health care subsidies under the...
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EP56 - Money Talk Pt. 2: Virginia Politics and Money with Josh Stanfield
EP56 - More Money Talk: Virginia Politics and Money with Josh Stanfield. This podcast is part two of a discussion on money and politics in Virginia. Below: Wilder Commission Report attached. "Public Service, Public Trust" from December 1992 Josh Stanfield leads Activate Virginia and writes the...
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EP55 - Money in Politics in Virginia with Attorney Phil Thompson
EP55 - Money in Politics in Virginia with Attorney Phil Thompson. In this episode of the Black Virginia News podcast Loudoun attorney Philip Thompson and Lauren Burke discuss money and politics in Virginia. After a blowup on social media on the topic we can see that there are a lot of issues...
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EP54 - Trump Health Care Cuts and Rural Hospitals
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed a bill into law that included the largest cut to Medicaid in history. The legislation, H.R. 1, threatens the health coverage of over 15 million people in the U.S. In the crosshairs of those cuts are rural hospitals, which is why Republicans included a...
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EP53 - Virginia House Battleground Races with Fergie Reid, Jr.
EP53 - BATTLEGROUNDS with FERGIE REID, JR.— Fergie Reid, Jr. is the son of historic Virginia House of Delegates member William Ferguson "Fergie" Reid, Sr. In 1968, the senior Reid became the first African-American elected to the Virginia General Assembly since the days of Reconstruction. In this...
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EP52 - Reps. McClellan, Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett on Dem Messaging, Fighting Health Care Cuts
EP52 - Health Care and Messaging with U.S. Reps. Jennifer McClellan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett. On May 15, 2025 Lauren Burke spoke with three members of Congress on Democratic messaging as the party fights House Republicans on cuts to health care and aid to the poor. The Trump...
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EP51 - Dems Running in ALL 100 Virginia House Districts w/ Fergie Reid, Jr.
EP51 - The Race for the Virginia House: Dems Go 100 for 100 with Fergie Reid, Jr. - This week Virginia Democrats hit a milestone: They have a candidate running in all one hundred seats for the Virginia House in 2025. Even in deep red rural areas of the Commonwealth, Democrats have a candidate.…
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EP50 - John Reid, History... and Blackmail? with Paul Goldman
EP50 - John Reid, History and Blackmail? with Paul Goldman. On episode 50 of the Black Virginia News podcast Lauren Burke talks with attorney Paul Goldman about the unprecedented state of play around Republican Lt. Governor nominee John Reid after Gov. Glenn Youngkin contacted him to drop out of...
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EP49 - Rep. Jennifer McClellan's Town Hall in Richmond
EP49 - Rep. Jennifer McClellan's Town Hall in Richmond. At a town hall on April 23, 2025, held at Mosby Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond, Rep. Jennifer McClellan addressed pressing concerns from constituents during a pivotal moment for the nation. This podcast covers the first seven questions…
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EP48 - Fergie Reid Jr. on the State of Play of Virginia House Races for 2025
EP48 - Fergie Reid Jr. on the 2025 Virginia House Races - In this episode, Dr. Fergie Reid Jr., a prominent voting rights advocate and the son of civil rights pioneer Dr. William Ferguson Reid Sr., who became the first African American elected to the Virginia General Assembly after Reconstruction...
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EP47 - Rep. Scott Forum on Civil Rights vs. Trump
On April 1, 2025, Congressman Bobby Scott hosted a panel that focused on the civil rights agenda at a moment of adversity as the Trump Administration attempts to undo 70 years of progress. This podcast covers three of the speakers who participated in that event. The panel showcased advocates in…
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EP46 - Advice for Federal Workers in the DMV
EP46 👷🏽♀️ Advice for Federal Workers. The onslaught of news of mass firings of federal employees has thousands of workers in the DMV on edge. Hundreds of federal employees are looking for advice during a tumultuous time. The Trump Administration is attempting to dismantle thousands of jobs of...
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EP45 - Tributes to Henry Marsh III
EP45 - Tributes to Henry Marsh III - This episode features tributes to former attorney, State Senator and Richmond Mayor Henry Marsh who passed away at 91 on January 23, 2025. Moments after a major commemoration on the morning of January 24 in the Virginia State Capitol took place in honor of the...
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EP43 - EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Interview of Don Scott on Being Pardoned by President Biden
EP43 - EXCLUSIVE! 🚨 Speaker Don Scott Pardoned by President Biden - An Exclusive Interview. Today, January 19, 2025, in the final hours of the presidency of President Joseph Biden, the President grants a pardon to five individuals including Virginia House Speaker Don Scott of Portsmouth. Don…
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EP44 - Interview with Rep. Jennifer McClellan
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, who represents Virginia’s fourth congressional district, is a veteran of Virginia politics. With Donald Trump entering his second term in office, Rep. McClellan and her colleagues have a political fight on their hands against MAGA Republicans who want to end the...
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EP42 - Interview with Speaker Don Scott
AN INTERVIEW WITH VIRGINIA’S 58th SPEAKER DON SCOTT. Tomorrow, January 8, 2025, the Virginia General Assembly will convene at noon. This episode of the Black Virginia News podcast features Virginia’s 58th Speaker of the House of Delegates, Don Scott of Portsmouth, Virginia. Twelve days out from…
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EP41 - Trump, Winsome Sears, Youngkin in Salem, Virginia
EP41 - Winsome Sears, Youngkin and Trump in Salem, Virginia. On November 2, 2024, former President Donald Trump held a presidential campaign rally in Salem, Virginia. Many are asking: Why? Virginia is not seen as being “in play” regarding the 2024 race for The White House between Vice President...
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EP39 - SCOTUS Ignores Federal Law, Allows Youngkin Purge of Legal Voters to Continue
EP39 - U.S. Supreme Court Ignores Federal Law, Allows Youngkin Vote Purge of Lawful Voters in Virginia. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the morning of Oct. 30, 2024 that Virginia could continue to purge voters from the rolls even though a federal law mandates there be no voter purges 90 days…
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EP40 - U.S. House Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries Campaigns in Virginia
EP40 - Jeffries in Virginia. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries made stops in Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Prince William over the last five days in an effort to assist Democrats in close races that will decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives The man who could be the next Speaker...
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EP38 - WTF are the Democrats Doing?
DAY 21 OF A PARTY IN CRISIS. ♟️ Who knew that the nominating process meant nothing when Biden received millions of votes during the 2024 primary season? In a never before seen moment in American political history, a former President, a former Speaker of the House and Democratic party leaders of…
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EP37 - Debate Crisis: President Joe Biden on Offense
EP37: Biden State of Play as Biden Goes on Offense. Lauren Burke and Paul Goldman discuss the current state of play as Democrats deal with the fallout of a June 27, 2024 debate in which their nominee for President, Joe Biden, appeared mentally confused and tired up against former President Trump....
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EP36 - Joe Biden State of Play: In Crisis, Black Base is Ridin' with Biden
EP36: Joe Biden: Black Base is Ridin' with Biden Before a Make or Break Week. With only 120 days until election day and 43 days until the DNC Convention in Chicago, President Joe Biden’s presidential run for re-election is at a tipping point. As concerns about his mental ability to run an…
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EP35 - Full MAGA: Glenn Youngkin Embraces Donald Trump
EP35: At a Trump get-out-the-vote rally in Chesapeake, Virginia on June 28, 2024, the Commonwealth’s 74th Governor, Glenn Youngkin, did what he avoided doing all 2021 long: He embraced Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. Youngkin also embraced Trump’s dangerous rhetoric on a topic he rarely mentioned...
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EP34 - 5 June Primary Takeaways
THE JUNE 18, 2024 PRIMARY. On episode 34 🎙️ of the Black Virginia News podcast Fergie Reid and Lauren Burke discuss their 5 takeaways after the June 18, 2024 primary in Virginia. Republican Rep. Bob Good and State Senator John McGuire’s contest is so close they're still counting ballots. State...
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EP33 - Loudoun's Flashback to 2019, Dan Helmer, Due Process, Race and Politics
In a world where internet rumor is viewed by some as fact and what’s posted can change the course of history, even when no facts have been confirmed, it’s becoming standard practice expect social media driven drama in the last days of political campaigns. The race for Virginia’s tenth…
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EP32 - Running for Mayor: Alyia Gaskins at the West End Business Forum
On June 8, 2024, Alexandria, Virginia City Councilwoman Alyia Gaskins made her case for becoming the next Mayor of Alexandria at a popular West End restaurant. Episode 32 of the Black Virginia News podcast takes place at Taqueria Picoso at 1472 North Beauregard Street in Alexandria as…
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EP31 - Richmond Town Hall 05.28.24
On May 28, 2024 five members of the Virginia General Assembly held a town hall meeting at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. Participating are Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Chair Senator Lamont Bagby, Senator Ghazala Hashmi, Del. Mike Jones, Del. Betsy Carr and Del. are Cousins. Constituents at...
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EP30 - State Senator Lashrecse Aird on License Plate Readers and Mass Surveillance
EP30 - Senator Lashrecse Aird on License Plate Readers and Mass Surveillance. On the floor of the Virginia Senate on Feb. 13, 2024, Virginia State Senator Lashrecse Aird argues against Senate Bill 503, License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty. The bill failed…
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EP29 - Microbiz Market for Marijuana? Cannabis Equity in Virginia with Attorney Phillip Thompson
🏛 See Virginia House legislative schedules here. 🚩 Virginia Senate stream 🏛 ➡️ EPISODE 29 of the BLACK VIRGINIA NEWS PODCAST | Micro Cannabis Business in Virginia? 🎙 This episode features a discussion with attorney Phillip Thompson, President of Cannabis Equity Consultants, on cannabis equity...
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EP28 - Speaker Don Scott's First Speech
EP28 - SPEAKER DON SCOTT’S FIRST SPEECH. The Virginia General Assembly’s first day of session on January 10, 2024 featured a lot of history. Speaker Don Scott was sworn in as Virginia’s first Black Speaker in the Commonwealth’s 405 year history. A record number of Black lawmakers were also...
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EP27 - Top 10 Takes on Virginia's 2023 Elections
EP27 - TOP 10 TAKES ON THE 2023 ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA! -Dr. Fergie Reid, Jr., the son of the first African American elected to the Virginia General Assembly after Reconstruction, and Lauren Victoria Burke discuss their takes from the 2023 Virginia General Assembly elections. What are the never...
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EP26 - State Senator and Caucus Chair Mamie Locke
EP26 - Senate Democratic Caucus Chair State Senator Mamie Locke - On this episode of the Black Virginia News podcast we speak with State Senator Mamie Locke. State Senator Mamie Locke is the Caucus Chair of the Virginia Democratic Caucus. Locke served as Mayor of Hampton, Virginia from 2000–2004...
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We give you the no B.S. truth in an era of lying. 🔥 BLACK VIRGINIA NEWS is the go-to platform exclusively dedicated to covering ALL of Black Virginia — the first and only one of its kind. Tap in and subscribe: blackvirginianews.substack.com ✨ We spotlight the voices that matter — newsmakers, bold interviews, sharp commentary, and real news — all with that unmistakable Virginia flavor.🎙️Our podcast? No fluff, no filler, just facts — straight talk that cuts through the noise and tells it like it is. We shine a light on what others overlook. 👊🏽 Contact us at: 📬 [email protected] 👊🏽 BlueSky: @blackvirginianews.bsky.social | TikTok: BlackVirginiaNews | Merch: https://blackvirginianews.shop/
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