by Jo Rozycki | Aug 23, 2018 | OPINION
As a journalist, the Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, VA, was an event teeming with stories and lives waiting to be uncovered. But as a sociologist, it was a textbook case of yet another rural community suffering from systemic disenfranchisement. Global and...
by Gary Broderick | Aug 17, 2018 | OPINION
Progressive yard signs are visible throughout my neighborhood of Church Hill, declaring “Black Lives Matter” and “Hate Has No Home Here.” Those signs help to foster a sense of community; there’s comfort that comes from feeling that our...
by RVA Staff | Aug 10, 2018 | OPINION
This op-ed comes from Chelsea Higgs Wise of Women and Politics and Francesca Leigh-Davis of RVA Dirt and Municipal Mania. We all have our morning routines, but in many corners of RVA, there are black women that wake up ready to talk community. It’s a built-in strategy...
by Marilyn Drew Necci | Jul 31, 2018 | OPINION
Late last fall, my wife and I moved into our first house. We had gotten married a couple of months before and were really excited to get out of a tiny bedroom in a house full of roommates. We ended up renting a house in the Brookland Park neighborhood, just a bit...
by Chelsea Higgs Wise | Jul 27, 2018 | OPINION
At his community office hours last night, Mayor Levar Stoney announced a change to the printed agenda; instead of infrastructure and education, public safety would be the first topic addressed. Since the killing of #MarcusDavidPeters, his death has been the number one...
by Saffeya Ahmed | Jul 17, 2018 | OPINION
World Cup 2018 went out with a bang Sunday, as France took their second title home after an intense final against Croatia. As an avid soccer player, the World Cup is the sporting tournament I look the most forward to. Every four years, I am completely absorbed in the...
