by Landon Shroder | Aug 14, 2025 | OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
A friend and colleague reminded me yesterday that joy is an act of resistance right now. That people need something beyond the doom and gloom of our current authoritarian march. And she’s not wrong. But as we go about our daily lives in Richmond, we can’t lose sight...
by Landon Shroder | Aug 11, 2025 | EDITORIAL, OPINION & EDITORIAL
“Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.” – Hanah ArendtDC is now under federal occupation. Strangely absent from the conversation are all of the...
by RVA Staff | Aug 8, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
Editor’s Note: With a new mayor in Richmond and Virginia’s governor’s race on the horizon, alongside ongoing federal redistricting battles and policy shifts, the question of how we build and hold power is more urgent than ever. In this guest commentary, a reader...
by RVA Staff | Aug 5, 2025 | COMMUNITY, OPINION & EDITORIAL
My bunk gets sweaty when I lay it in. The walls sweat, too — you can see it. We’re in an oven. It’s too hot. It was an average Tuesday, nearly four in the afternoon, and I was saturated with sweat. Everybody was. All we could do was corral around a stand-up fan and...
by Landon Shroder | Aug 4, 2025 | NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, RICHMOND NEWS
UPDATE August 4, 2025: As of this week, RVA Performance Training has gone over 100 days without functioning plumbing, the result of a damaged line caused by nearby Diamond District construction. The issue began when a utility pole was installed just feet from the...
by RVA Staff | Jul 23, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, OPINION & EDITORIAL, PERFORMING ARTS
Why federal arts funding keeps the city’s creative economy alive. by Catie-Reagan King, Ed.D. On any given weekend in Richmond, you can find a stage lit up with stories, some bold and provocative, others warm and familiar. Whether it’s a world premiere at Firehouse...
