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Poverty

A billionaire’s trash is the lower class’ treasure

September 29, 2021 Opinions Editor 0

Monica Alarcon-Najarro, Contributing Writer Our society is built on overconsumption in societal trends such as fashion and smartphones, particularly Apple products. Apple has released a […]

Tea Time with Tagwa: Environmentally conscious fashion is unaffordable to the poor

September 22, 2021 Opinions Editor 1

Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, fashion has been around since the dawn of time. From the first realization of the need for clothes in […]

Tea Time with Tagwa: Caring for mental health improves the commonwealth

February 18, 2020 Opinions Editor 0

Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, we can all agree that living in the City of Richmond comes with a number of undeniable privileges. We can […]

“We’re talking about someone’s life”: VCUarts adjuncts plan a day of action to demand equitable pay

December 4, 2017 admin 0

VCUarts adjunct professors will stage a day of action Dec. 8 to demand fair pay from the School of the Arts. They plan to hold […]

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Poverty in surrounding localities increasing at twice the rate of Richmond City

November 21, 2016 admin 1

A recent study by United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg gave insight on the Richmond region’s rapidly rising poverty rates. According to the study, […]

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