As we close out the year, here’s a look at some of the most impactful stories we published in 2025. Over the past year, we covered Richmond as a living system under pressure, focusing on the people, culture, and policies that shape daily life and determine who gets...
On Sunday in the Richmond suburb of Lakeside, a man named Harry Rogers drove his truck through a crowd of peaceful protesters. He turned out to be a high-ranking member of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan. A Hanover man claiming to be the highest-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan outside of prison in Virginia appeared in court on Monday morning for an...
Angered by Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.'s joke about wearing a COVID mask with Governor Ralph Northam's infamous blackface photo on it, black students and alumni of Liberty are speaking out in condemnation. On Wednesday, May 28, Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, tweeted that he would only wear a mask amidst...
Protests continued around the city last night, and Richmond Police responded with force, engaging in behavior that shocked the city and prompted a public apology from Mayor Levar Stoney. Protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin continued in Richmond for the fourth night in a row on Monday, and a...
Mayor Levar Stoney recently declared Richmond a “City of Compassion.” This global movement is led locally by Mollie Reinhart, creator of the Befriend Movement and member of Richmond's newly-established Human Services Cabinet. Last month, Mayor Levar Stoney declared Richmond to be a "City Of Compassion." In doing so, he made the city part of a...
Over this past weekend, three nights in a row saw massive protests erupt in the streets of Richmond. RVA Mag captured images of the scenes throughout the weekend. With outrage continuing to mount over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, as well as an ongoing epidemic of violence by police and private citizens toward black Americans...
A social media post recently revealed that Richmond City Council representative Reva Trammell has a Jim Crow-era caricature displayed in her kitchen, a fact that's put her in hot water with some constituents. Richmond City Council member Reva Trammell has represented the city’s majority-African American 8th district since 1998. In her role on...
Despite a total absence of evidence, Fort Belvoir-based US Army reservist Maatje Benassi has become the focus of a bizarre YouTube conspiracy theory about the origins of the novel coronavirus. US Army Reservist Maatje Benassi has become the center of a wild coronavirus conspiracy theory that has left her private information public, and her family...
Hazard pay, face mask requirements, and bus drivers testing positive for COVID-19 are issues that came to the fore after a labor action by GRTC bus drivers in April. The last week of April was a busy week for the GRTC. On Monday April 27, 40 GRTC workers called out sick and refused to come into work, according to a tweet from GRTC CEO Julie Timm....
The Commonwealth has not met the guidelines for daily decreases in the number of new COVID-19 cases; nonetheless, the opening phase of Governor Northam's plan to reopen Virginia is set to launch next week. The novel coronavirus has burdened communities with stay-at-home orders for over a month, resulting in businesses closing and millions filing...
