In the wake of last summer's protests and the pulling down of Confederate monuments around the state, universities within the commonwealth are dealing with the remnants of the Confederacy and of systemic racism that remain on their campuses today. Virginia...
University of Richmond's School of Law held a six-hour symposium recently about the school-to-prison pipeline and ways students of color are kept at a disadvantage by zero tolerance policies and overpolicing of school grounds. Schools have become places of trauma for...
Richmond business attorney and activist Justin Griffin is running for mayor of Richmond. RVA Mag spoke to him about his goals and policies ahead of November's election. Justin Griffin is a small business attorney who originally hails from Nashville, but has fallen in...
Black Matter Podcast is hosted by Chaz Antoine, a self-described "blackademic" who calls Richmond "the place where I felt OK to be queer." “If you’re black or you’re queer, or you’re both, this podcast is for you,” Chaz Antoine proudly said of his podcast, Black...
From convenience stores to hip local restaurants, a caffeinated South American infusion is taking over Richmond's taste buds. If you don't know what yerba mate is all about, now's the time to find out. Yerba mate has been around for hundreds of years, but it's only in...