One for the ages: how a team of millennials helped elect RVA’s youngest mayor
To the average person, the fate of the Levar Stoney mayoral campaign may have looked grim six months ago. In the beginning, only one in 10 people knew his name. Despite his stacked resume – former Secretary of the Commonwealth and the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration in 2013 – 90 percent of […]
U.Va. sees rise in hate speech following presidential election
Instances of hate speech at the University of Virginia have increased throughout this semester according to the Minority Rights Coalition at U.V.A., particularly during the time leading up to Election Night on Nov. 8. In an effort to combat the growing tension on campus, students from the Minority Rights Coalition, Black Student Union, Indian Student […]
LTE: Response to the CT’s Nov. 14 issue
Letter to the Editor in response to Opinion Editor Eleanor Fialk’s column “My way and the highway,” which published in the Nov. 14 issue of The Commonwealth Times. Dear Editor: On November 8, the most dangerous political candidate in American history was elected to the office of President. One week later, Steve Bannon — a known […]
My way and the highway: Response to NBC 12’s Curt Autry
Devoured by an eerie silence and sense of disbelief, VCU’s campus resembled a ghost town as televisions flashed the message most students were severely unprepared for — Donald Trump was voted the president elect. It was not until the following day that students’ initial grief and mourning from election night soured into anger and backlash. Multiple […]
Brat trounces Bedell in the 7th Congressional District
Republican incumbent Dave Brat saw off a challenge from Democrat Eileen Bedell last Tuesday to keep his seat serving Virginia’s 7th congressional district. Brat won the heavily Republican district with 58 percent of the vote, compared to Bedell’s 42. The race was called for Brat a little bit more than two hours after the polls […]