At a time when Confederate monuments around the city are coming down, VCU Anthropology professor Amy Rector and Landon Shroder ask why the Richmond Police Department are behaving like an occupying army. Monuments glorifying colonizers and treasonous men who fought for...
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...
Protests continued around the city last night, and Richmond Police responded with force, engaging in behavior that shocked the city and prompted a public apology from Mayor Levar Stoney. Protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis Police officer Derek...
With racial tensions and incidents of racism at a nationwide high, Richmond anti-racist activists are preparing to counter a neo-Confederate rally this Saturday at the Robert E. Lee Monument with a competing event they've titled "Rally Against Racism-The Meaning...
*This story has been updated as of 9 PM. Days of tension broke on Saturday as the neo-Confederate rally came to a peaceful end. Police have since reported seven arrests; one for disorderly conduct, two related to possession of weapons, and four for wearing masks in...