by Landon Shroder | Apr 28, 2025 | JUSTICE, MAGAZINES & BOOKS, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
We’re probably past the point of sugarcoating where we are in America. The fear of authoritarian creep isn’t a fear anymore. Checks and balances, once the pride of our democracy, are failing. Congress has either abdicated its responsibilities or stood by in polite...
by RVA Staff | Apr 27, 2025 | COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, POLITICS
ed. note: The following is a Letter to the Editor from a community organization that we believe is worth sharing with our readers. What happens when people come together on our own terms? On January 18, 2025, the first city-wide Richmond People’s Assembly...
by Ellen Robertson and Thomas Okuda Fitzpatrick | Apr 21, 2025 | COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, RICHMOND POLITICS
“I never would have thought that I would be the minority in my neighborhood,” said Sandra Bowman, a Black resident of Richmond’s East End. She told an interviewer last year that the recent arrival of white neighbors has led to changes. That shift has also...
by Sarah Roberson | Apr 21, 2025 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR, MUSIC, QUEER RVA
ed. note: Below is a response to Rich Tarbell’s recent review of St. Vincent’s Ting Pavilion performance, written by fellow concertgoer Sarah F. Roberson. Her personal take offers additional insight into the themes of power, gender, and the dynamic between artist and...
by R. Anthony Harris | Apr 14, 2025 | COMMUNITY, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
Oh, clean water. The thing you’ve been drinking since birth, something you take for granted—unless, of course, you live in a city like Richmond, where even something as basic as that can be too much to ask for at times. The federal government just made even that a...
by R. Anthony Harris | Mar 31, 2025 | COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
Last week, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” calling for the review—and potential restoration—of monuments removed from public land since 2020. While the order doesn’t name specific cities, its...
