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Virginia’s Cannabis Battlefield: Big Players, Small Shops, and a Fight Over the Future

by R. Anthony Harris | CANNABIS CULTURE, CULTURE, EAT DRINK, JUSTICE, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, SMALL BUSINESS, VIRGINIA POLITICS

When Virginia lawmakers convened at the Capitol last week to hear testimony on how to roll out a retail cannabis market, the room was filled with charts, tax models, and plenty of projections about how much money legalization might generate. Depending on the...

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Lizz Winstead Breaks Down Virginia’s New Abortion Bills and Grassroots Resistance

Finally some good news in this hellscape, Virginia is making huge, massive moves when it comes to abortion access! The Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment is a constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot November 3rd. This means you, the voters,...

Knit Against the Machine: How Gen Z Is Fighting Tech With Yarn

Editor’s Note: This piece was written by a student at Randolph-Macon College as part of a feature writing course. Thank you to the students and to Professor Seth Clabough, Ph.D., for organizing the project. Where there was once a forest full of life and hidden...

‘Love & Vinyl’ Is a Rom-Com Set and Staged Inside Plan 9

Record stores have always been more than retail. People go in saying they’re just browsing, but that’s rarely the whole story. It’s a treasure hunt. They’re chasing a feeling. They’re hoping to recognize themselves in someone else’s taste. That’s why Plan 9...

Find Your Dark Art at ‘Market of the Beast’ Richmond

Market of the Beast is a dark market for all the weirdos and occult lovers who have a bit of a funny bone in them and it’s coming to Richmond Feb 7th, 2026. This handmade market specializes in all things macabre from taxidermy and bone jewelry to home decor, occult...

Buddhist Monks Enter Virginia on Walk for Peace, Richmond Ahead

UPDATE February 1st, 2026: The monks are in Chester, VA today. You can see that HERE. The Buddhist monks participating in the Walk for Peace, a 2,300 mile walking pilgrimage across the United States, crossed into Virginia on January 28, marking Day 95 of their journey...

Science on Tap Goes Neon at the Science Museum of Virginia

Editor’s Note: RVA Magazine has partnered with the Science Museum of Virginia to help promote this Science on Tap NEON event. There is a quiet shift happening in how people want to spend a night out. Less default bar hopping, fewer passive concerts, more...

A Report from the Hanover Protest Against a Proposed ICE Detention Facility

Editor’s Note: This piece draws from firsthand reporting at the January 28 Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting and includes the writer’s perspective as a participant-observer. UPDATE Jan 30 2:30: The sale will not proceed according to Jim Pattison Developments...

From Hanover to Student Walkouts to No Kings, Anti-ICE Protests Take Shape Across Virginia

Opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and broader federal immigration enforcement is taking shape across Central Virginia, with a series of protests and civic actions scheduled this week and into the spring. Organizers and advocacy...

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