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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Williams Carter Wickham isn’t in a lot of history textbooks. When his statue was the first to fall in Richmond last week, it left many of us wondering, “Who was that guy?” If you look at the order in which monuments are being pulled down in Richmond, they seem to be falling in order of accessibility. Robert E Lee, one of the most beloved heroes...
Another Confederate monument bites the dust, as protesters on Tuesday night pulled down a statue in Monroe Park paying tribute to Confederate Howitzers. Demonstrators removed a statue honoring Confederate soldiers Tuesday night after marching for hours in the rain through downtown Richmond. More than 150 protesters gathered in the park space near...
