Violent crime decreased in Richmond last year, according to released data
While homicides and non-fatal shootings increased in Richmond last year, Richmond had a 2 percent decrease in violent crime, according to the Richmond Police Department. Police Chief Alfred Durham outlined crime trends in a news conference Jan. 25. He highlighted the drop in violent crime including murder, robbery, rape and aggravated assault. “There will have […]
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“We’re here to defend our community”: Rally-goers show support for DACA in Jackson Ward
Supporters of DACA, the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, marched September 5 in protest of President Trump’s decision to phase out the program in six months, in an event organized by Richmond Peace Education Center and Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. “We’re here to defend our community, we’re here to defend DACA,” said […]
Police on the lookout after VCU student injured in on-campus hit-and-run Sunday
Police are looking for a suspect after a student was injured in an on-campus hit-and-run at the intersection of West Grace and North Belvedere Streets Sunday night. In a statement, police said the woman was crossing Belvedere in a crosswalk at 10:24 p.m. when a vehicle struck her as it turned on Belvedere from Grace […]
VCU administration, student orgs rally around “Dreamers” as Trump ends DACA
VCU Pres. Michael Rao said the university stands by its DACA recipients as the university looks at its next steps following the Trump administration’s announcement it will end the program. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday stated the administration will, in six months, end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects undocumented students […]
VCU “Dreamers” fear deportation awaiting Trump DACA decision
President Donald Trump is set to announce whether the DACA program will stay or go Tuesday, after he initially promised to end it. These “Dreamers”, along with advocates around the country, are apprehensive about what’s to come. Fadel Allassan Contributing Writer Meet the “Dreamers,” You can imagine it’s hard to forget illegally crossing the United […]
Why experts say Virginia’s mental health system fell through the cracks
The access problem Jafar Cooper said they may have never gotten the help they needed for attention deficit disorder if their mom hadn’t been a psychology major in college. For Cooper and their mom, the symptoms of ADD were easy to spot since a young age. The manifestations of depression and anxiety, however, were much harder […]
Presidential nominee Gary Johnson makes three “Liberty Tour” stops in Va.
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson made his third Virginia “Liberty Tour” stop of the day when he made his entrance at the Hippodrome Theatre last week. “I started the day getting to ski with Jerry Falwell Jr. on a plastic ski hill,” Johnson told reporters, referencing his morning visit to Liberty University in Lynchburg. “Anyway, […]
VCU teams with CDC to fight youth violence
VCU received a $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study youth violence and intervention in Richmond, Va. The project will be led by co-principal investigators, Saba Masho and Terri Sullivan. “In the early 2000’s Richmond had one of the highest youth violence rates,” Masho said. “It was actually one […]
Price spike endangers EpiPen users
Walking away from a life-saving medicine is not easy, but VCU sophomore and Walmart pharmacy technician Mehran Stanakzai says he has seen people forced to do it too many times. “I’ve seen parents of patients and patients not able to afford the EpiPen and end up asking me to put it back (on the shelf),” […]