Tim Cywinski and I got coffee and a bagel at Abi’s Books and Brews a couple weeks ago. The Iran War had just started, and the weariness was behind both of our eyes. He impressed on me that he had some fresh ideas, a great legacy of accomplishments, and is in...
On Saturday, a crowd cheered as the “At Ready” Confederate statue was removed from its place of prominence at the Albemarle County Courthouse near Charlottesville. The August 2017 events in Charlottesville were the catalyst for the removal of Confederate monuments around the country, but the area had yet to see any of its own monuments removed —...
At such a time that a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, should Virginians be required to get it? The state's health commissioner thinks so; some General Assembly members disagree. Though the federal government is asking states to prepare for the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine within months, some Virginians differ on whether the vaccine...
Bills sponsored by state Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate Charniele Herring hope to make expungements of criminal records easier to attain for those who have been convicted of crimes in the past, not just those who are acquitted. Virginia House and Senate committees have advanced legislation that would remove certain criminal records in a...
With continued political turbulence in Virginia and throughout the US, RVA Mag reached out to Virginia Senator Mark Warner to catch the vibe on police violence, tech threats, and our role on the world stage.
RVA Mag spoke with Virginia State Senator and candidate for governor Jennifer McClellan about her plan for Virginia, from renewable energy and Citizen Review Boards to marijuana legalization and the Green New Deal. Jennifer McClellan, a Virginia State Senator representing the Richmond-based 9th District, has declared her candidacy in the 2021...
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...
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...
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...
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...
