Richmond has achieved a perfect score of 100 on the 2024 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), a comprehensive assessment of LGBTQ+ inclusion in municipal policies, services, and laws. Released annually by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), this year’s MEI...
Herbert Hirsch was a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, but in his life, he brought his academic talents far beyond VCU. Hirsch lectured across the globe in places such Australia, England, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, and Brazil. He was also one of the co-editors of Genocide Studies International, a journal published with Toronto...
Years after the death of Lanie Kruszewski, a ghost bike memorial at the site of her death remained an important tribute for her loved ones. Then a property owner decided to remove it. Ghost bikes, existing as solemn reminders to drivers of cyclists killed on roads around the city, have been visible on our city's streets for over a decade. Now a...
Rage RVA is bringing the "rage room" concept to life locally, letting you smash plates with baseball bats to your heart's content. Your boss just trashed your proposal, your significant other dumped you in a text, you forgot to take your dog out and she trashed your house, you stubbed your toe... there are a million reasons why you need to get...
Are food and infatuation intrinsically connected? If you read the Missed Connections week after week, it sure starts to seem that way. So it's no surprise that this week brings us a very cuisine-oriented edition of our weekly trawl through Craigslist. There are certainly more reliable ways of meeting men than dropping cucumbers in the grocery...
If you need meat, you go to the market (shout out to Ray Manzarek). And maybe you go to the Missed Connections, to catch the attention of that cutie you ran into by the steaks. But if meat isn't what you're shopping for, that's OK -- we've got interactions of all types in the MC's this week. If you love cars, you're in luck this week -- whether...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Earlier this year, administrators at Nottoway Correctional Facility issued a ban on the use of tampons and menstrual cups during prison visitations. Criminal justice activist Carole Leonard, founder of the Prison Reform Movement, broke the story on...
Trading spouses isn't just for mediocre reality TV anymore! Now it's found a new home -- in this week's Missed Connections. But you don't have to be already-married to find romance here, though it will help if you like to wear open-toed high heels in the winter (which sounds crazy, but hey, whatever floats your boat). You might also find love...
We're starting 2019 off right here in Virginia, and this week's missed connections reflect that fact. From people checking on your coffee orders to good samaritans making sure you got the license plate number of the guy who hit your car, everyone's looking out. And if you're looking out for some companionship, you might want to check through this...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. For Erastus Adkins, a once-resident of Wayne County, West Virginia, the coalfields were a way of life. With 11 children to feed, Adkins worked in the mines from the age of 14 until he died of black lung at age 57, his daughter Betty Lett recalls. In...
