What Happened to the Virginia Controversies?

Eric Medlin
3 min readFeb 20, 2019

Not all scandals are created equally.

The Virginia State Capitol, a building originally designed by Thomas Jefferson. Source: WTTW

Several weeks ago, the political world erupted in outrage against the top three elected officials in the commonwealth of Virginia. Governor Ralph Northam faced calls to resign after a photograph from his medical school yearbook was released allegedly showing him in either blackface or a Klan hood. “Why Hasn’t Ralph Northam Resigned Yet?” was a Slate

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites