Renee Nicole Good, a graduate of Old Dominion University, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a federal enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The shooting has drawn national attention as questions continue to...
Last month, Richmonder Tara Morand's frustration with the current president spurred her into action with an unusual protest -- walking from Richmond to Washington DC to show Trump her disapproving "mom face." The weekend before the Fourth of July, Tara Morand, a 49-year-old mother, musician, and nature explorer, set out to walk almost 120 miles....
With the flag they dropped from the Robert E. Lee bridge last month, the Richmond branch of Sunrise Movement calls attention to the links between environmental activism and racial justice. On June 19, a banner was dropped from the Robert E. Lee bridge that read “Defund The Police” in large, red letters. The phrase, encompassing a circular emblem...
Henrico Justice, a group formed by current students and recent graduates of Henrico County Public Schools, is working to end systemic racism in their schools, one march at a time. Henrico Justice, a local organization created by 18-year-old Godwin High School graduate Natalie Christensen, has held two rallies in support of the Black Lives Matter...
When Back the Blue protesters marched through Fredericksburg, their counterprotest brought threats, hate, and fear to Black Lives Matter protesters. We spoke with local BLM organizers to hear their stories after the event. Since Black Lives Matter protests have begun all around the world, opposing pro-police groups have been at odds...
RVA Mag spoke with Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Colette McEachin about the ongoing protests in the city, and the legal ramifications of what's happened so far, for both protesters and for the Richmond Police. Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin has been a focal point of local activists' demands over the past month. McEachin,...
Over a month after the movement began, Richmonders continue to take to the streets and protest police brutality against the Black community. We spoke to people involved in the protests to find out what motivates them to speak out day after day. The fight against police brutality and systemic racism is not over in Richmond. Day after day, people...
At the same time Stonewall Jackson was being removed from its pedestal, a planned Burn One RVA event sparked up on Brown’s Island to celebrate the decriminalization of marijuana. Here’s how it went, and what the new laws mean for Virginians. At 4:20pm, ironically just as Burn One RVA’s unofficial cannabis decriminalization celebration was...
No, but seriously -- what was that monument in Meadow Park that protesters pulled down last month actually about? Was it a Confederate monument or not? We did some digging, and what we learned, well... it's complicated. Tucked between Park and Stuart Avenue, triangular-shaped Meadow Park now displays only the stone base of what once was a statue...
Richmond business attorney and activist Justin Griffin is running for mayor of Richmond. RVA Mag spoke to him about his goals and policies ahead of November's election. Justin Griffin is a small business attorney who originally hails from Nashville, but has fallen in love with Richmond in the years since he moved here. He owns his own law firm,...
