In his new solo show at Reynolds Gallery, sculptor Raul De Lara takes a playful approach to images of his homeland in Mexico -- a place that, as a DACA recipient, he cannot return to. “I came to the desert to play with my homeland. No longer do I remember how she...
The One Year Anniversary of Unite the Right is Here. A lot Has Happened
RVA Tank, Parkland Shooting, Democratic-nominee Spanberger, families separated at the border, KKK effigies, Governor Northam, punching Nazis, getting punched by Nazis. It’s been a long year. As we approach the one year anniversary of Unite the Right, the alt-right...
Students Pressure VCU President to Protect DACA Recipients
Undocumented students facing a threat of deportation by the Trump administration are finding support in Virginia Commonwealth University’s student organization PLUMAS, short for Political Latinx United for Movement and Action in Society. The group sat down with VCU...
DACA: Virginia DREAMers, Politicians React to Trump’s Decision to End Program
The Justice Department announced recently that it is going to end the Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country if they fulfilled certain...
Dreamers of Virginia complete 70-mile walk to support immigration rights in Richmond
After walking 70 miles along Route 250 from Charlottesville to Richmond, the Dreamers of Virginia came to their four-day journey’s completion at the Bell Tower this afternoon. This small, Virginia-based organization focuses on immigration rights in America and...
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