Richmond ranks high in violent crime
Richmond had one of the highest murder rates last year among mid-size U.S. cities, according to an analysis of local and federal data. Richmond, which has about 223,000 residents, had 59 murders and non-negligent manslaughter deaths last year, according to the Richmond Police Department, equating to a rate of 26.4 homicides per 100,000 population. In […]
New FBI report shows an increase in hate crimes in 2016
Hate crimes in the United States increased by 4.6 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to data released by the FBI Nov. 13. According to the report, there were 6,121 hate crimes last year compared to 5,850 in 2015 — over half stemming from a racial or ethnic bias. While 58.5 percent of reported hate […]
Gubernatorial campaign managers weigh in on election results
Campaign managers for Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic governor-elect Ralph Northam gave 250 Virginians a behind-the-scenes look to this year’s election during a discussion hosted by the Virginia Public Access Project at George Mason University Nov. 13. The free and public event was arranged to be a civil conversation between Gillespie campaign manager Chris Levitt […]
Study: VCU had second-highest tuition hike
According to a report from Virginia Public Radio, VCU’s tuition has risen 111 percent, the second greatest rise in higher-education institutions in Virginia from 2008 to 2016. The College of William and Mary ranks No.1 with a 123 percent rise in its tuition. While William and Mary’s tuition was the greatest increase in the commonwealth, […]
Community forum tackles critical issues in Black Richmond
Enjoli Moon, founder and creative director of Richmond’s Afrikana Film Festival addressed the necessity of Richmond’s Black community to achieve accurate representation in film at her talk at VCU Nov. 15. Moon created Afrikana to bring a film festival to Richmond that showcases the cinematic work of people of color. Speaking at VCU African-American Studies […]
All the hottest takes from last Tuesday’s election
Forget the governor’s race, the House of Delegates was the real story Everyone was talking about Democrat Ralph Northam’s landslide in the Governor’s race. The real story, however, was in the House of Delegates, where Democrats may have picked up more than 15 seats in a sweep — their largest pickup since 1877. Northam will […]
Quinones sheds light on national opioid crisis
Author and investigative journalist Sam Quinones urged the community to change how they address the ongoing opioid epidemic facing the U.S. on Nov. 6. During his talk at VCU. Quinones, renowned author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” proposed solutions to the widespread crisis he addressed in his book. Ultimately, Quinones said […]
Panel tackles high incarceration in minority communities
VCU’s student-led chapter of Amnesty International hosted a community engagement panel on Nov. 7 to discuss how the public education system targets minority students, especially young black men, for the prison system. The school-to-prison pipeline is a discussion throughout the country, but Monica Kelley, president of VCU’s Amnesty International, said the panel was crucial in […]
Democrats sweep statewide elections
More than 34 percent of college students showed up to the polls Nov. 7 and voted overwhelmingly Democrat, according to Virginia Public Access Project. This comes as a stark increase to the roughly 26 percent of college voters in 2013. Roughly 72 percent of registered college students voted for Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the democratic […]
Major tech companies invest in greater Richmond area
Silicon valley giant, Facebook recently announced plans to build a $1 billion data center in Henrico County that will bring roughly 100 jobs. The social media and networking company based in California will invest the $1 billion in a 1 million-square-foot data center in White Oak Technology Park, located in eastern Henrico. The center will […]