"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth" - Albert Camus Dispatch NUmber One: Salon de Résistance | presented by RVA Mag, Black Iris, and Le Cachet Dulcet Not long ago, salons were a catalyst for intellectual expression. Spaces where creators,...
National politics are local in Henrico, a new battleground for the Democratic party in Virginia. For the first time in living memory, every district went blue in the 2016 presidential election. However, it's not a sure bet for Democrats, particularly in District 72, where Hillary Clinton edged out then-candidate Trump by only four points....
In 2017, we all live a political lifestyle. One where politics dominates most aspects of our public and private lives; who we chose to interact with, be friends with, and associate with. The news cycle governs the direction of our conversations, while the intellectual contest between party affiliations has become a modern gladiatorial sport. The...
*This article was originally ran in the Fair Observer on August 14. Charlottesville On August 12, 2017, a small student town of Charlottesville, Virginia, voted previously as America’s happiest place, became a scene of what the Southern Poverty Law Center previously described as the “largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades in the United...
James Alex Fields, Jr., the 20-year-old Ohio man who allegedly killed one and injured 19 by plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville Saturday, was denied bail when seen by a judge earlier today. BBC reports that Fields has been charged with one count each of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident...
This story has been updated: *According to The Department of General Services in an email to RVA Mag, the permit request mentioned in this article has not yet been approved and is currently under-review. Right on the heels of the chaos caused by the 'Unite The Right' rally in Charlottesville, the Virginia Flaggers have seemingly announced a...
The first meeting of the Monument Avenue Commission was held Wednesday night, with well over 500 citizens showing up to share their ideas. That was the plan anyways, the meeting quickly became emotional, with boos, claps, and yells emanating from all sides. The Monument Avenue Commission was created by Mayor Levar Stoney to explore possibly...
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally in Charlottesville last month was a properly audacious event. The terrorist organization, once confined to the shadows of clandestine gatherings, felt emboldened to reveal themselves publicly. This should come as no real surprise. We live in a political age where creeping white nationalism, supremacy, xenophobia, and...
The American left has roared back to life, and millennials are leading the way. "Socialism" was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster’s website in 2015, and a YouGov poll out last year found 43 percent of respondents under 30 had a favorable view of “socialism”, while just 32 percent of the same age bracket had a favorable view of...
I have heard that Virginia needs “business-minded leaders” in the General Assembly. We see the General Assembly routinely pass legislation benefitting businesses like Dominion Energy. Virginia has consistently ranked as one of the Best States for Business since George Allen’s term as Governor. Let’s not forget that Virginia’s campaign finance...
