On election night, while many are concerned with their choice of diviest bar, Chaz Nuttycombe goes through his Snapchat, reminding everyone to vote. He isn't concerned with their choice, he checks his bias at the start of every snap. He raises awareness for voting,...
Finding the Metapolitics With Hoax Hunters
Dormant, the latest extended play release by Richmond band Hoax Hunters, addresses blurred lines between art and politics. The band’s previous release, 2017’s “SAD!” was a reaction to the virulent political discourse of the 2016 presidential election, but their latest...
Mocking Immigrant Children is a New Low, Even for The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Today’s print edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch features an editorial cartoon mocking the separation of families at the southern border, and I am utterly outraged. Unless you think the forced separation of children from their parents is somehow acceptable,...
Identity Evropa: The Evolution of White Supremacy Came to Richmond (For Our Trash)
It’s been almost a year since the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville and alt-right groups are still trying to mainstream white supremacy. While the aftermath of the rally would ensure public outrage at the organizers, the delusional unification of these groups...
Opinion: New “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policies are Incompatible with Basic Human Decency
A few weeks ago, I attended a gathering of faith leaders from across the Richmond, Va. region. Speaker after speaker — including a scholar at a conservative think tank and two Republican politicians — blamed social ills like the opioid epidemic on “family breakdown”...
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