Basketball hoops bring joy to Marcus-David Peters Circle
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Where there once was grass, now lies dirt caused by basketballs bouncing on the earth. Three hoops, all at different heights, sit where the dirt meets the grass to form a makeshift court adjacent to the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue. The tallest hoop’s backboard is covered in different […]
Opinion | RPD, do you feel proud?
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor This is a letter to the Richmond Police Department. I am not here to attack you. I am not here to question you. I am simply here to understand. Do you really think what you are doing to protesters is right? I find it difficult to believe that you see these […]
VCU activists: students have a “responsibility” to get involved
Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer As the semester starts, students return to a different Richmond; one where monuments to the Confederacy have been torn down, and the words “Black Lives Matter” are spray-painted across the boarded-up city. Demonstrators gathered at the Compass on Monday, the first day of classes for many, to protest against VCU Police. […]
Downtown Richmond buildings vandalized during ‘Solidarity with Chicago’ protest
Hannah Eason, Managing Editor Andrew Ringle, Executive Editor Windows were broken at multiple buildings in Richmond on Tuesday night, leaving a trail of property damage behind protesters that circled the downtown area. Protesters dressed in all black gathered at around 9 p.m. in a parking lot at Broad and Crane streets in the East End. […]
Richmond Black-owned businesses reopen after impacts from COVID-19, BLM protests
Milan Brewster, Contributing Writer Black-owned businesses have learned to adapt to unexpected changes while operating in a global pandemic and a time of protests over police brutality and racial inequality. Soul Taco, a Latin American and Southern American fusion restaurant, shifted its East Main Street location into a market during the stay-at-home order to provide […]