Apple and Google sit at the center of today’s misinformation crisis, and Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine should focus there if they want real change. Together, they control the app stores that determine which platforms can exist on billions of phones. Access to iOS...
As VCU's fall semester began, they set aside 54 isolation units on campus, but two weeks in, there are already over 100 COVID-19 cases at the university. Now, with very little notice, three floors of the Honors College are being converted to isolation units as well. Virginia Commonwealth University will convert three floors of a building that...
In Farmville, at the immigrant detention center with the nation's worst COVID outbreak, company higher-ups lead a "double life," affecting good citizenship while monetizing the abuse of Virginia's most vulnerable. Since their relationship began in 2010, Edwin García Rogel had loved María Mayorquín's four children from a previous marriage as if...
On the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote, women still remain unequal under United States law. That won't change until the Equal Rights Amendment is added to the Constitution, writes Rachel Scott Everett. On August 26, 1970, over 50,000 women marched nationwide in the Women’s Strike for Equality. The date marked the 50th...
At the end of three months of protest activity, the situation at Marcus-David Peters Circle has been unstable at times. However, despite police violence and racist threats, activists and community members continue to gather there. Since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers sparked ongoing protests throughout the streets of...
A new program from Mayor Levar Stoney's office is helping ensure that Richmonders have access to masks protecting us all from the spread of COVID-19. Masks are now available for free at many locations around the city. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country and governors issue statewide face-covering mandates, Mayor Stoney’s office and...
With continued political turbulence in Virginia and throughout the US, RVA Mag reached out to Virginia Senator Mark Warner to catch the vibe on police violence, tech threats, and our role on the world stage.
A variety of advocacy groups around Richmond are calling for Commonwealth Attorney Colette McEachin to drop all charges filed against participants in recent Black Lives Matter protests. One group has even posted a billboard. Driving to the Richmond City Jail, you can hardly miss Commonwealth Attorney Colette McEachin’s face. It's plastered on a...
RVA Mag spoke with Virginia State Senator and candidate for governor Jennifer McClellan about her plan for Virginia, from renewable energy and Citizen Review Boards to marijuana legalization and the Green New Deal. Jennifer McClellan, a Virginia State Senator representing the Richmond-based 9th District, has declared her candidacy in the 2021...
Would a paid day off make it easier to vote? State employees have this benefit on Election Day -- but if you work for a private company, it’s not so easy. Day Off, Go Vote is starting a movement to level the field. “The run-of-the-mill CEO doesn’t care what David and Channing at Day Off, Go Vote have to say, but if we can get the attention...
