Last year's move to campus closures, quarantines, and distance learning was necessary to minimize the spread of COVID, but had a negative effect on many college students. This year, they're more than ready to head back to campus. Devastated. Drained. Depressed. Those...
Making Art That Heals
Jay Bordeaux’s latest series is bigger than the color that bears its name. “MAGENTA.” represents spiritual harmony, spiritual balance, and universal harmony, and it’s here to help us find clarity. Jay Bordeaux, a local Richmond artist and creator of Bordeaux...
Virginia Colleges React To Coronavirus Pandemic
Extending spring break, cancelling campus events, and holding classes online are some of the ways colleges in Virginia are attempting to slow the spread of the coronavirus within their student body, faculty, and staff. Virginia colleges and universities are extending...
Fighting For Food Justice In A Gentrified Richmond
You’ve seen the community gardens, the small farms springing up in the city, the folks standing out on the side of busy streets sowing the seeds of tomorrow’s harvest. Some of these spaces are emerging in areas where families have to travel several miles before...
Community Advocates Fight To Keep Amtrak Station Near Virginia State University In Ettrick
A federal proposal to move the Ettrick Amtrak station to Colonial Heights has caused concern from both Congressional representatives and community advocates from Virginia State University. For over 30 years, Amtrak has served the Petersburg area through the train...
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