Let’s get straight to the point: I believe that the label “illegal alien” is a slur. The federal government has used “alien” as a legal term for decades, defining it as “any person not a citizen or ...

The House of Representatives passed a bill, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, on Jan. 14. It would prohibit transgender women from participating in women’s sports at schools ...

“Oh my god. You are so fat!” my friend said to her older brother as he reached for her fries. Everyone around me, including my friend’s older brother, started laughing. I remember this distinct, ...

Virginia Democrats have released their proposed congressional district map for the mid-decade redistricting that will go to voters in a referendum later this year. The map secures a likely 10-1 ...

The Richmond Police Department has extended its contract with Flock Safety Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs), according to their public information officer Phon Hoonson. Some Richmonders are ...

Platforming bold voices and eccentric storytelling with diverse creatives, a local zine festival will return for its 16th year this weekend at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library on ...

Democrats flipped 13 House of Delegates seats through the statewide election on Nov. 4. The party came out of the night with an impending trifecta — only several seats shy of a supermajority. Before ...

UPDATE: The VCU Health leaderhsip reform bill was vetoed by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin. It has been reintroduced in the 2026 General Assembly session. VCU Health System is expected to remove Michael ...

A VCU Health employee was let go from her job on Tuesday after videos in which she described ways to deliberately harm Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents went viral off of reposts from ...

The National Football League’s preseason right now is in a limbo state. Viewership isn’t the highest and the average fan doesn’t watch it because the games “don’t matter.” The league should keep the ...

In 1959, 85 percent of all Richmond’s felony arrests occurred in the 800 and 900 blocks of Richmond’s West Grace Street. It’s not that “the strip” back then was such a dangerous place, but that the ...

VCUarts has paused accepting students for its furniture design graduate program for the 2026-27 school year, and did not renew the contract for the only full-time woodworking professor in the fine ...