Last month, the DC-based World Affairs Councils of America spoke to Libyan political official Mohammed Ali Abdallah about the country's struggle with coronavirus amid a brutal civil war. Residents of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, are living in the middle of a civil war...
RVA Global: Going Beyond The Legend In Amsterdam
The Dutch city of canals and coffee shops offers plenty of cheese, fries, and other assorted edibles (yeah, you know what we mean). RVA Global correspondent Chloe Fortin brings us an in-depth report. Typically, when you tell people that you’re going to Amsterdam, they...
RVA #36 Is On The Streets Now!
Spring is here, and so is this year's first issue of RVA Magazine! This week, RVA Magazine #36 is on the stands all over town, welcoming spring with our first brand-new edition of 2019. It's chock full of arts, culture, music, politics, news, and more. From across the...
The Disappeared: A Richmond Rabbi Takes On Human Rights In Guatemala
The history of Guatemala's secret abductions reminds us how important the principle of universal equality really is -- and points out how far from that principle the United States has gone. On a recent trip to Guatemala with rabbinic colleagues from around the...
RVA Global: Harassed And Stranded By Kenyan Police
Stranded on the side of a highway somewhere in Nairobi, we considered ourselves lucky. My boyfriend and I had just jumped out of our Uber in a panic after being threatened by a police officer. “I will take you both to jail too. I have that power,” still rang in my...
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