School segregation in Richmond City and its surrounding counties is a persistent problem. 64 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the demographic makeup of schools in the area is still largely divided along racial and economic lines. Controversy/History, a monthly...
Like the garments they've made and worn, the relationship between women and fashion is deeply interwoven with the history of Richmond. A new exhibit at The Valentine Museum, “Pretty Powerful: Fashion and Virginia Women,” explores the individual stories of these...
In high school, I, like many Richmonders walked down Monument Avenue during class field trips. I marveled at its beauty with my friends and thought simply of how I loved this town. In high school, I, like many Richmonders walked down Monument Avenue during class field...
Richmond today is a bastion of the arts and independent culture, with a venue, gallery, or studio seemingly on every corner. Richmond today is a bastion of the arts and independent culture, with a venue, gallery, or studio seemingly on every corner. However, not too...
Did VCU "build this city"? T-shirts distributed by the VCU's Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) organization have been proclaiming as much, and some students are not having it. Did VCU "build this city"? T-shirts distributed by the VCU's Students Today Alumni...