Monroe Park saw its official reopening ceremony last Thursday following months of renovation. The fairly rainy event was attended by Mayor Levar Stoney and representatives from Virginia Commonwealth University, the Monroe Park Conservancy, Richmond City Council, along...
New VA Policy Bans Wearing Tampons, Menstrual Cups For Prison Visitors
Starting October 6th, female visitors to Virginia’s prisons should expect new rules, and new consequences, for using tampons and menstrual cups. In a letter to Nottoway Correctional Center inmates and visitors in Burkeville, warden David W. Call outlined the prison’s...
The Interactive Commune of The Folly
It was about two years ago when RVA Mag last sat down with The Folly, when the blues/folk/rock band released their debut EP. Since then, they've been busy touring and toiling away in the studio on their latest project, Find A Way, which they dropped last month. Their...
Community Leaders Ask Fairfax to Halt the Pipelines
Storm clouds gathered around St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as faith and community leaders prepared for their press conference on Tuesday following an earlier meeting with Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his staff on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines. When the...
On Eve of Midterms, a Push for the Equal Rights Amendment
It’s been six months since the Virginia General Assembly struck down two bills that would make the state the 38th in the country to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and local advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers haven’t slowed down in their efforts to have...
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