Editor’s Note: Redfern Hemp Co. has been a supporter of RVA Magazine over the past year, helping make our continued coverage of the Virginia cannabis marketplace and the evolving hemp laws affecting Virginia and the nation possible. This piece is a first-person...
In a staggering demonstration of solidarity, Washington, D.C. showed Jason Kessler and his supporters how they felt about him entering their city. It was a humiliating display for the alt-right and their white supremacist organizer. Thousands of anti-racist protesters arrived in Lafayette Park starting around 1 p.m Sunday, later filling the...
Ever dreamed of sailing down the James in sweet, Scandinavian style? Dream no more; one lucky buyer can now own a handmade, 17-foot long viking longboat, built to one-fourth scale of the originals. The boat is named Svanen, Norwegian for "The Swan," and bears a graceful, hand-carved swan for a bow. On Craigslist, the boat is pictured flying flags...
A year after Unite the Right, residents of Charlottesville took to the downtown mall to shop, eat lunch, and mourn the loss of Heather Heyer, a counter-protester killed by James Alex Fields, Jr., at the alt-right rally. Mandatory bag searches, described as “consensual” in a press release on the city website, were strictly enforced for people...
At the time, it was Cory Hebert’s dream job. The rising Republican operative, a former field director for Florida Congressman Allen West, had landed a position as then-candidate Dave Brat’s communications director, and he was excited to move to Richmond to work against the powerful House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. “I was fairly conservative,”...
On Friday, Aug. 10, the Board of Visitors at the College of William & Mary announced they had rescinded the honorary degree given to Bill Cosby. The Masters of Arts degree was given in 1993. In a statement that was posted on the William & Mary website, the board stated that since the giving of the degree, “facts have come to light that...
President Trump never misses an opportunity to thrash, tarnish, and slander previous administrations, so it is no surprise that earlier today his vice president, Mike Pence, stood somberly in front of an American flag and said these words: "While to often previous administrations all but neglected the growing security threats emerging in space,...
Women seeking tech careers have more support in Richmond now thanks to Rita Hill, founder of a local organization that helps women seeking high-paying jobs. Hill started Girl Develop It RVA, a local chapter of the national organization, with her co-founder, Sarah Hartless. Richmond is one of 63 cities that host a local chapter of the national...
*This is a developing story. Governor Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville ahead of the one year anniversary of Unite the Right. The white supremacist rally held on August 12 last year left one person dead and another 30 wounded when James Field Jr drove his car into a group of counter-protestors. The announcement...
Get your fans ready Richmond, because this week's batch of Missed Connections is hot and heavy. Inside, a man has a sweet encounter with a girl at Bevs Homemade Ice Cream, a fit mom catches the eye of a guy at Glow Golf, sparks fly at The Daily, and a woman can't stop lusting after the man with the anchor tattoo and septum piercing she saw...
