by RVA Staff | Oct 17, 2017 | OPINION
Could Walter Williams have said anything more injuriously base in his most recent Richmond Times Dispatch (RTD) article, titled White privilege and other fables? It would certainly be difficult, but then again that is not saying much for the RTD. Where does one even...
by Matthew S. Sporn | Oct 12, 2017 | OPINION
The Las Vegas mass casualty attack – one of the deadliest in modern US history – has brought gun control to the forefront of Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Democratic nominee Ralph Northam has pushed for universal background checks and an assault weapons...
by Henry Haggard | Oct 10, 2017 | OPINION
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Dawn Adams over the phone. Adams is the Democratic candidate for the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election in the 68th district, which includes parts of Chesterfield, Henrico, and Richmond. Adams has spent over 20 years...
by Landon Shroder | Oct 2, 2017 | OPINION
58 dead, 515 wounded. Those numbers will continue to rise throughout the afternoon and into the evening. This tends to be the rule governing mass casualty attacks like the one in Las Vegas – now being reported as the most deadly in US history. Despite this,...
by Nidhi Sharma | Sep 27, 2017 | OPINION
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education would be reviewing campus sexual assault guidelines passed by the during the Obama Presidency. She stated, among other things, that “through intimidation and coercion, the failed system has...
by Matthew S. Sporn | Sep 26, 2017 | OPINION
The violent clashes in Charlottesville on August 12 turned the spotlight on freedom of speech across the nation, with many asking just how much hate speech is covered under the first amendment. And just over a week ago, Richmond experienced a neo-Confederate rally on...
