by RVA Staff | Jan 11, 2018 | OPINION
“Welcome to poverty,” said a nurse living in Creighton Court as she greeted the RVA Mag team this past Monday. Her irony was well received, and how could it not be? Mice, trying to escape the cold, had invaded her home and defecated inside all of her furniture and...
by Ryan Persaud | Dec 31, 2017 | OPINION
2017 was a threat to our existence. It would be naïve to argue that this past year has been the worst in human history, or that life was perfect until 2017 came along. However, it was undeniable that this past year was especially cruel, filling its days with moments...
by Arianna Rose | Dec 26, 2017 | OPINION
Social media users dreadfully scrolled through their newsfeeds upon seeing the posts from family, that old friend from high school, muscle-bound actor Terry Crews, and several others they might never have expected sharing their stories of sexual harassment and...
by Chelsea Higgs Wise | Dec 20, 2017 | OPINION
With only a few weeks before the election in Alabama, social media platforms around the world exposed the Republican candidate, Roy Moore, as a known child molester. All of the sudden, the Democrats realized they might have a viable contender (what was his name?). So,...
by Matthew S. Sporn | Dec 12, 2017 | OPINION
What happened to 26-year-old Daniel Shaver should frighten everyone concerned with the integrity of our criminal justice system. What happened to the former Mesa, Arizona police officer behind his death should frighten us even more. The confrontation police had with...
by Chelsea Higgs Wise | Dec 8, 2017 | OPINION
It’s a daily process, measuring my capacity for whiteness. It’s a self-exercise for a black woman but also determines where I place my energy for the day. While assessing myself and my capacity, I start the morning with the social media scroll before I become engulfed...
