by Saffeya Ahmed | Jun 21, 2018 | OPINION
Today’s print edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch features an editorial cartoon mocking the separation of families at the southern border, and I am utterly outraged. Unless you think the forced separation of children from their parents is somehow acceptable,...
by Cassie Jacobs | Jun 20, 2018 | OPINION
This past Saturday, I attended the Blue Commonwealth Gala in Richmond, the Democratic Party of Virginia’s (DPVA) signature annual event. As I sat there for three hours I couldn’t help but think that this was the way to kill the Democratic Party. Speeches for three...
by Saffeya Ahmed | Jun 19, 2018 | OPINION
I have not known a time the US lost all sense of compassion before today. And now we are living in one of the worst episodes of our recent history. How can anyone look at pictures of young children being torn from their parents, left to live in cages and not feel...
by Rabbi Michael Knopf | Jun 15, 2018 | OPINION
A few weeks ago, I attended a gathering of faith leaders from across the Richmond, Va. region. Speaker after speaker — including a scholar at a conservative think tank and two Republican politicians — blamed social ills like the opioid epidemic on “family breakdown”...
by Amy Rector | Jun 13, 2018 | OPINION
Perhaps you saw the article on RichmondMom.com that attempted to offer an anthropological perspective on what it’s like to be a mom in Richmond. Some might have thought it funny (and it tried to be), but it brought up some things to think about as we try and...
by RVA Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | OPINION
I am a foreign policy pragmatist after spending years abroad in various regions that have experienced war and conflict. All foreign policy practitioners know that sometimes you just luck into things; other times, best laid strategic plans fall apart due to an...
