by RVA Staff | Feb 25, 2023 | EDITORIAL, POLITICS, RICHMOND POLITICS, VIRGINIA POLITICS
While we believe any Democratic candidate would do a great job, Alexsis Rodgers is our choice because we need new voices and ideas in the Virginia State Senate. She has shown tireless dedication to fighting for home healthcare workers, leading field organizing...
by Shima Razavi Gacek | Jan 18, 2023 | EDITORIAL, POLITICS, RICHMOND GLOBAL
This past weekend volunteers, artists, and activists from Richmond gathered for a community mural event led by Woman Life Freedeom RVA to honor the lives lost and struggle for freedom happening in Iran. Photo by Matin Kordnavahsi The people in Iran, from the smallest...
by Morgan Blair | Nov 6, 2022 | ART, DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION, EDITORIAL
Is the revival of the 2014 Tumblr girl how the internet copes with the end of the world? The dissociative pout, also referred to as the dissociative gaze, was first coined by i-D Magazine in the 2022 article “The cult of the dissociative pout” by Rayne Fisher-Quann,...
by RVA Staff | Jun 3, 2020 | EDITORIAL
In a time of nation wide protests against racist police violence, RVA Magazine Managing Partner Landon Shroder urges white people to do the work, support Black protesters, and follow their lead in standing against a system of white supremacy. When I worked in Iraq, I...
by Delores McQuinn | Jun 13, 2017 | EDITORIAL
“Why do you focus so much on African-American gravesites and such?” was a question I was asked by a constituent just days after I joined Governor Terry McAuliffe for a celebratory, ceremonial bill signing of legislation I sponsored to provide state funding to...
by RVA Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | EDITORIAL
RVA Magazine #28 hits the streets this week, it’s our first issue of 2017 and features the most content yet in our decade-plus tenure. Everything from hip-hop and comics to restaurants and art is covered in this issue, with each subject discerningly covered by...