It is not our failures that make us human, but rather our convictions to yet succeed. The accelerating collapse of corporate and governmental accountability has led to widespread civic abandonment. Mass layoffs at social safety net agencies, executive rollbacks on...
Johnny Battle was an 80-year-old black man, who loved his children and grandchildren. The South Richmond resident was retired and used a wheelchair, living out the last years of his life surrounded by his family. It’s hard to imagine that he could have been a threat to anyone. Yet according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Battle was attacked...
I don’t know much about Michelle Wolf, but I know a lot of white ladies could learn from what she did Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. With a smile, she stood in front of the political and media elite and gave it to the Republicans straight -no chaser. Wolf wasted no time and within the first minute noted the...
This is going to prove hugely provocative, but it needs to be said anyways; we should be applauding President Trump’s authorization of military strikes against the murderous regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad. Given the commander-in-chief’s inability to command anything, it is hard to write those words, but it is also necessary. Yet...
It was March 22 when the corner of a particular flyer hanging outside the Longwood Landings apartment complex caught my eye on the way back to my car. My heart started racing, I was furious. I couldn’t believe white supremacy propaganda had made its way onto my college campus. Displaying the Nazi Eagle emblem, the flyer carried the phrase...
Two months ago, students, parents, and teachers mobilized to support an increase in Richmond’s meals tax in support of much-needed renovations for the aging infrastructure of Richmond Public Schools. Mayor Levar Stoney proposed the plan in response to the overwhelming city-wide vote to prioritize school facilities. Parents called their city...
So many old white dudes on parade. That was my first thought as the cabinet filed into the Senate chamber Tuesday night for President Trump’s State of the Union address. Their presence certainly set the tone for all of the things old white dudes love to hear in the State of the Union: patriotism, nationalism, populism, militarism, and...
As many Virginians involved in politics, I received an invitation to the inauguration of Ralph Northam a few weeks ago. It was addressed to me. But in hindsight, I see that the weekend of celebrating a win for Northam was not really intended for a gal like me. After having almost two weeks to ponder these mysteries, let me tell you why. No...
In 2017, the #MeToo movement took the United States by storm, finally empowering sexual assault victims of all genders to speak out about their assault. The movement has pushed us forward by leaps and bounds, allowing us to have an open conversation about consent. But just yesterday, the biggest local paper in my area shoved us a big step back...
“Welcome to poverty,” said a nurse living in Creighton Court as she greeted the RVA Mag team this past Monday. Her irony was well received, and how could it not be? Mice, trying to escape the cold, had invaded her home and defecated inside all of her furniture and appliances, essentials she now has to throw out. In the midst of the arctic...
