Over this past weekend, three nights in a row saw massive protests erupt in the streets of Richmond. RVA Mag captured images of the scenes throughout the weekend. With outrage continuing to mount over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, as well as an...
Op-Ed: For the Love of All of Our Children
This past weekend, I attended a conference on the campus of Princeton University in New Jersey, and had to field numerous questions regarding whether Richmond is as racially oppressive as it is portrayed in the national media. I stood up for our city, and assured the...
OP-ED: Help Not Death; Marcus-David Peters And The American Mental Health Crisis
It’s been five months since Marcus-David Peters was gunned down on Interstate 95/64. Richmond officer Michael Nyantakyi shot Peters twice, after his taser failed to subdue Peters. The entire event came to an end in only 18 seconds. In August, it was ruled that Peters’...
‘Say Her Name’: The Sandra Bland Documentary and the Power of Speaking Out
Anger, frustration, sadness, heartbreak. The air in the theater felt heavy. It was as if you could feel the emotions of the audience dance around you from one side of the room to the other. These were the powerful reactions from the crowd following the Institute for...
Opinion: The NFL’s National Anthem Ruling Just Lost Them a Generation of New Fans
On May 23, the NFL ‘unanimously’ gathered to announce that during the national anthem, all players must stand in attendance or wait in the locker room. The decision came without prior counsel from the national players association, as well as the players' coalition,...
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