A growing environmental concern in Chesterfield County could have consequences far beyond the county line.The Shoosmith Landfill, located in Chesterfield County near Iron Bridge Road, stopped accepting waste on December 30, 2022. More than three years later, the site...
Opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and broader federal immigration enforcement is taking shape across Central Virginia, with a series of protests and civic actions scheduled this week and into the spring. Organizers and advocacy groups say the actions reflect growing concern over enforcement practices,...
Governor Abigail Spanberger has said she wants to protect Virginians from harmful federal overreach. If that is true, this is a moment to prove it. This week, Hanover County confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to purchase a 500,000-square-foot warehouse near Ashland and convert it into an immigration detention...
Editor’s Note: This column is informed by recent reporting from Brad Kutner at Radio IQ and WVTF on proposed changes to Virginia’s food-to-alcohol sales ratio, as well as conversations with people connected to the restaurant and hospitality industry. Virginia’s liquor laws are outdated. That’s a starting point. For years, restaurants serving...
Join us for Salon de Résistance on January 29th at Black Iris for a conversation about the national crisis with three of Virginia's Congressional candidates. Welcome back to Salon de Résistance. We’ve not had a slow start to 2026. There’s been no grace period, no easing into the year. The pace of events has been intense, the stakes...
Editor's Note: A nationwide protest known as the Free America Walkout is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, including a demonstration in downtown Richmond at Kanawha Plaza. More information is available at freeameri.ca. We’re barely three weeks into 2026, and the pace of political upheaval in the United States has been relentless and...
Apple and Google sit at the center of today’s misinformation crisis, and Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine should focus there if they want real change. Together, they control the app stores that determine which platforms can exist on billions of phones. Access to iOS and Android is existential. A platform cannot function at scale without app...
Renee Nicole Good, a graduate of Old Dominion University, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a federal enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The shooting has drawn national attention as questions continue to emerge about the circumstances surrounding the use of lethal force by federal...
Two separate protests unfolded in downtown Richmond Saturday afternoon, as local activist groups responded to reports of U.S. military action in Caracas and the detention of Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro and his wife. One gathering took place at Maggie Walker Memorial Plaza, where members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Virginia...
As we close out the year, here’s a look at some of the most impactful stories we published in 2025. Over the past year, we covered Richmond as a living system under pressure, focusing on the people, culture, and policies that shape daily life and determine who gets held up or left behind. Thank you to everyone who read, shared, challenged us, and...
