This Saturday, the Working Families Party (WFP) is making its Virginia debut with the launch of the Virginia Wolf Pack, a new grassroots arm dedicated to electing working-class champions and building political power across the Commonwealth. Their first in-person...
If you're seeking wisdom this week, you might want to check out the Missed Connections, where we've learned that people don't change -- they just keep on using an anonymous internet service to tell the world about their crushes on customer service employees. For example, this week we've got employees from libraries and office parks, a change from...
Working together, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Library of Virginia are making it easier than ever for researchers to study the history of enslaved African-Americans in Virginia. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (WMHC) and the Library of Virginia (LVA) are joining forces, merging their resources to create a...
Another Valentine's Day has come and gone, but judging by this week's jam-packed Missed Connections, a lot of people out there are still looking for love in all the wrong places. It's been a tough February for some of us too -- especially Tommie the pit bull, whose tragic story touched us all. Others have wrecked cars to deal with, and that's...
One of Shekinah Mitchell’s favorite memories in Richmond is walking out of her favorite corner store 10 years ago and serendipitously meeting the man who would become her husband. Today, that corner store no longer exists. Mitchell’s story is part of a larger pattern that policy experts said is becoming increasingly common in Richmond and around...
It's rainy and gross out this week, so I suppose it's no surprise that methods of transportation are big in this week's Missed Connections. Whether you're stopping on Afton Mountain, waiting in the drive-thru line at KFC, or chatting about custom bikes at the DMV, cars seem to be a great way to get people's attention. Do you own a motor vehicle?...
Local alpaca farms face their share of struggles, that's for sure... but being constantly surrounded by cuteness helps make up for it. Dust kicks up on the little dirt road to Clearview Alpaca Farm. At first, there’s just an empty field, monochrome and cut low for winter. At the foot of a cluster of trees, a weathered metal alpaca cutout comes...
Legislation making its way through the General Assembly would raise the legal age for purchasing and possessing tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21, drawing mixed reactions from young adults who would be affected by the new law. The House and Senate have passed similar bills to increase the age to buy or possess products containing tobacco...
Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras delivered an optimistic message in his first State of the Schools address -- even though the district has the worst graduation rate in Virginia and more than half of its schools lack accreditation. "I wasn't sure where to begin tonight because it's been such a quiet year at RPS," Kamras said...
Six months after the Great Richmond Reroute, access to public transit for low-income neighborhoods has remained limited and in some cases, gotten worse, according to a study at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. “Our city is long overdue for a comprehensive transit redesign to meet...
