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Op-Ed: Beyond Bold

Virginia must find a way to involve local communities in efforts to rehabilitate youth caught in the juvenile justice system, says RISE For Youth Strategic Engagement Director James Braxton. It was a quiet and introspective ride for the RISE for Youth team on the way...

Best of VA Missed Connections May 1 – May 7

Welcome to this week's Missed Connections, where love is in the air and the creeps come out of their caves. Whether you're farting on your coworkers or drawn to them like magnets, rest assured you'll find a match (or please light one, if you're the former). From...

As Hospitals Monitor Drugs, Opioid Deaths See Decline

Virginia hospitals are monitoring painkiller prescriptions more closely and taking other steps to curb the opioid epidemic, and the efforts may be paying off: Drug overdoses in Virginia have dropped for the first time in six years. In 2016, the opioid epidemic was...

Virginia’s Immigration Court Backlog Among Largest in Nation

The first thing Abbie Arevalo Herrera is going to do when she eventually leaves sanctuary is thank God. “He’s the one who’s allowed me to have this experience, and I feel like I’m learning a lot, things I never imagined,” Arevalo Herrera said in Spanish. And then, she...

Understanding the LGBTQ Aging Process

Gerontologist Jay White has found that growing older takes on a significantly different meaning for LGBTQ folks. He'd like to learn more. Can you help? The universal truth: Everyone gets older and everyone ages. Aging may be a natural part of the human existence, but...

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With Phase One of Virginia's reopening plan underway in the counties and less than two weeks away within Richmond's city limits, restaurants with outdoor seating are making plans for reopening their patios and balconies. On March 24, Governor Ralph Northam issued...

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