Joined by LGBTQ rights advocates from around Virginia, Governor Northam held a ceremonial signing of the Virginia Values Act last Thursday at Diversity Richmond. Last Thursday, Governor Ralph Northam got together with LGBTQ advocates from all over Virginia to host a...
Op-Ed: What Happens Now? Monument Avenue’s Empty Pedestals
Monument Avenue's Confederate monuments are slated for removal, but landscape architect Annie Lynch raises a more fundamental question: when they are gone, what will we do with their pedestals? An empty pedestal signals either an ending or a beginning. Earlier this...
Peaceful Protest Movement In Richmond Continues To Grow
Protests around the city, and into surrounding counties, have continued on a daily basis throughout this week. Here's what it looks like on the streets. Last night, the city got a message that many of its residents have been waiting for: Governor Ralph Northam would...
Black Liberty University Students and Alumni Respond to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Racist Tweet
Angered by Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.'s joke about wearing a COVID mask with Governor Ralph Northam's infamous blackface photo on it, black students and alumni of Liberty are speaking out in condemnation. On Wednesday, May 28, Jerry Falwell Jr.,...
All Hands On Deck
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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