Deep in the heart of Church Hill, where cobblestone boulevards give way to single-letter street names, the local Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club is in the midst of extensive renovation and expansion, a process that critics say comes at the expense of the area’s...
Controversy and Condemnation Surround the Lead-Up to a Crucial Pipeline Vote
In the coming weeks, Virginia’s environmental and political future is set to see a potential shift. The past weeks were marked by upsets, confrontations, and accusations of corruption surrounding the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines, and as a crucial vote...
Prison Reform Advocates Call for Change to Solitary Confinement in Virginia
David Smith doesn’t cut the figure of a man who’s been to prison, let alone one who spent more than a year in solitary confinement. Dressed in a button-up white shirt, with tan khakis and a blue blazer, the impression Smith gives is more of a white collar worker. This...
In Unique and Destructive Weather, Richmond-Area Schools Work to Adapt
When Ashley Walton started her fifth year working at Highland Springs High School, at the semester’s start, she was in high spirits. She’d been impressed by the efforts of new principal Ken White to raise morale, and looked forward to interacting with an energized...
“Pumpkins Not Pipelines”: Activists Stage Halloween Parade Outside the Governor’s Office
Richmond residents from Broad Street to North 9th were witness to a parade of costumed protesters Wednesday, warning of “a place where the air is so polluted it causes headaches, nosebleeds and illness. A place where your water is the color of toxic mud.” “On this...
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