by David Millman | Jul 24, 2020 | OPINION
Through progressive changes like those in the Every Voice Bill, passed this year in New Hampshire, Virginia could take steps to lead the way in prevention of campus sexual assaults, writes David Millman. I first got involved with campus sexual assault prevention when...
by Annie Lynch | Jun 18, 2020 | OPINION
Monument Avenue’s Confederate monuments are slated for removal, but landscape architect Annie Lynch raises a more fundamental question: when they are gone, what will we do with their pedestals? An empty pedestal signals either an ending or a beginning. Earlier...
by Rich Meagher | Jun 16, 2020 | OPINION
In a time of ongoing protests over police violence, Rich Meagher examines the central cultural myth that enables the police to attain an air of authoritarian impunity on America’s streets. What we are seeing is the unraveling of the myth of law...
by Rabbi Michael Knopf | Jun 9, 2020 | OPINION
Rabbi Michael Knopf ponders the changing relationship Richmond’s citizens have with Confederate monuments in the wake of the protests against police violence that have transformed the city. The recent wave of anti-racism protests have produced at least one...
by RVA Staff | Jun 8, 2020 | OPINION
Retired law enforcement officer Brett L. Saunders says, “We all must work towards stamping out intolerance around us” — and that it’s particularly important for police to check themselves and their peers. Let me begin by saying that I’m an old,...
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...
