by RVA Staff | Dec 31, 2024 | ART, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, MUSIC, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS, QUEER RVA
So, it’s New Year’s Eve. The drinks are poured, the fireworks are loaded, and before the clock strikes midnight, let’s take a moment to sift through the rubble of the year that was. Richmond in 2024—messy, beautiful, endlessly fascinating. Thanks for sticking with us...
by Salty Oldman | Dec 16, 2024 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL
Here’s what we know: drones—large ones, silent ones, strange ones—have been spotted over Richmond, Hampton, and beyond. They hover where they shouldn’t. They float like ghosts over military bases and neighborhood rooftops, blinking their mechanical lights with a...
by R. Anthony Harris | Dec 10, 2024 | COMMUNITY, EDITORIAL, JUSTICE, POLITICS, RICHMOND NEWS
“We need a little good trouble, don’t we?” Alan would say, his tall frame casting a shadow and that familiar twinkle in his eye. Farid Alan Schintzius passed away last Thursday, and I’ve been reflecting on the loss of someone I deeply admired. A true master of “good...
by R. Anthony Harris | Dec 9, 2024 | CANNABIS CULTURE, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, SMALL BUSINESS
The case of Dawn Marie Morris, a Louisa County resident and owner of the Charlottesville-based Higher Education smoke shop chain, highlights Virginia’s complex and often contradictory stance on drug laws. While Morris clearly broke the law—particularly by selling...
by Salty Oldman | Dec 9, 2024 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR, POLITICS
This is a Letter to the Editor. Once upon a time in America, a place famous for peanut butter, poorly made plastic chairs, and self-proclaimed greatness, people had something called elections. They were events where everyone (or nearly everyone, depending on who was...
by R. Anthony Harris | Dec 6, 2024 | COMMUNITY, EDITORIAL, JUSTICE, RICHMOND NEWS, RICHMOND POLITICS
As winter grips Richmond, the city faces a stark moral and political dilemma. Recent events—the approval of a $2 million animal adoption center, the city deciding to no longer support overflow shelters for the homeless, and the vandalism of a community fridge—lay bare...
