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Fighting For Shelter

At Cathy's Camp, homeless residents of Richmond face opposition from the local government -- but advocates believe the city isn’t doing enough.  Blessing Warriors RVA took action in November to counter Richmond’s homelessness problem themselves. Four months...

Richmond Feels The Bern At The Arthur Ashe Center

Less than a week ahead of Virginia's primary, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders energized a near-capacity crowd at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center on Thursday. “In case you didn’t notice it, there are a lot of people in this room,” said Sen. Bernie...

Leveling The Field

Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly have now passed bills allowing undocumented immigrants in Virginia to pay in-state tuition, making college a more realistic option for the Commonwealth's undocumented students. The prospect of receiving in-state-tuition...

GRTC Connects: Route 5 – Carytown To Downtown

The eleventh and penultimate installment in a monthly series in which a hometown Richmonder who has spent over a decade abroad explores the many different neighborhoods accessible by GRTC bus lines to discover the ways transit connects us all. Carytown: Given just one...

10,000 Years In Virginia

Through English settlers, Jim Crow, and the road to federal recognition, Virginia’s Pamunkey Indian Tribe stands strong. If you haven’t spent much time in the river country of Virginia’s Tidewater region, you might mistake it for a standard-issue rural community....

Virginia Moves Closer To Raising Minimum Wage

With federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25/hour for over a decade, the General Assembly is finally trying to get Virginia workers a little more cash. For the first time in over a decade, Virginia’s workers might be getting a raise. The Senate passed a bill by a vote of...

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