RICHMOND POLITICS

The $3 Million Dollar Question! What Will Richmond Residents Choose?

by RVA Staff | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, NEWS, RICHMOND POLITICS

Richmond’s journey into participatory budgeting has reached an impressive milestone. Following up on our earlier coverage, where we explored how residents could influence the allocation of $3 million, the Richmond People’s Budget initiative has completed its first...

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Letter To The Editor | Why I Voted for Dr. Danny Avula

Ed. note: This is a letter to the editor, not an endorsement from RVA Magazine. You can vote in our Richmond Elections 2024 Reader's Poll HERE. Friends, I voted early in person this year, and I want to share with you why I voted for Danny Avula for Richmond Mayor. I...

Letter to the Editor | Andreas Addison Should Be The Next Mayor of Richmond

Ed. note: This is a letter to the editor, not an endorsement from RVA Magazine. You can vote in our Richmond Elections 2024 Reader's Poll HERE. We want our next mayor to walk through our neighborhoods, ride the bus, and bike with us around the city so they can feel...

Taking Andreas Addison on a Vampire Hunt 🧛

A trip to the Gun Hole to talk about misinformation and urban myths. October means two things: it's Halloween season and election season. The 2024 election has spread campaigns of misinformation, with panics about controlled hurricanes in Florida, Haitians eating dogs...

Virginia Democrats Wanted to Hear About Protests at Universities. Republicans Did Not Want to Listen.

Back in April and May, college campuses across the U.S. and Virginia saw both protests and strong police responses. Inspired by Columbia University, students across the country called upon school officials to have their schools divest from Israel. Spring of this year...

VOTE! Who is Richmond’s Next Mayor? A RVAMAG Readers Poll

With the upcoming election just around the corner, it’s crucial for everyone in Richmond to make their voice heard. For the first time in eight years, we’ll be electing a new mayor. Plus, all city council seats are up for grabs, which we’ll cover in a separate post....

Flags on the Capitol! A Visual Triumph for Richmond’s LGBTQ+ Pride 🏳️‍🌈

Virginia Pride Fest 2024 is happening this Saturday, and we had the chance to do something special for the cover of the Official Pride Guide, which we've proudly designed in-house at Major Major for Diversity Richmond over the past decade. Photo by Alex Burrus,...

On ‘All Across the Nation’, Knifing Around Fights Back with Big Beats and Bigger Ideas

Knifing Around, the dance-rock band known for delivering bold, politically-tinged grooves to Richmond’s music scene, sat down with me at Bamboo Café last Wednesday. I caught up with singer Owen Martin (he/him) and bassist/synth player Jack Wolfe (they/them) to talk...

Killer Mike to Speak on Free Expression at University of Richmond

Three-time Grammy-winning rapper and activist Michael Santiago Render, better known as Killer Mike, will be a featured panelist in an upcoming discussion on the future of free expression, hosted by the University of Richmond. Co-moderated by UR liberal arts professor...

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