As a concerned resident of Richmond who has been monitoring the details of the Coliseum deal, I am strongly opposed to the initiative.
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Established in 2005 as The Richmond Defender, The Virginia Defender is a free community newspaper, published quarterly for the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Print distribution is currently 12,000 and statewide. The online publication launched in Summer 2020.
Solutions from a jailhouse lawyer
A letter to the editor from Hassan Shabazz on the Department of Corrections, truth-in-sentencing law, and mass incarceration.
The poisoning of Virginia’s Schoolchildren
A letter to the editor regarding lead contamination in Virginia’s school buildings by Queen Zakia Shabazz.
PHOTO UPDATE: 16TH ANNUAL GABIEL FORUM
Some two dozen people gathered at Richmond’s African Burial Ground on October 10th for the 16th Gabriel Forum, an event to honor the great slave rebellion leader Gabriel on the anniversary of his execution.
SHOCKOE BOTTOM ADVOCATES TO STONEY: TAKE A STAND!
Longtime advocates for Shockoe Bottom have sent an Open Letter (see below) to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney asking him to finally take a stand on whether he supports the community-generated proposal for a nine-acre memorial park.
NEO-CONFEDERATES HUMILIATED AGAIN
For the fourth time in less than a year, an armed group of neo-Confederates came to Virginia’s capital city Aug. 19 to “protect” the shrines to white supremacy on Monument Avenue. And for the fourth time, they were outnumbered, outmaneuvered and decided to leave early.
PROMOTERS OF THE ‘LOST CAUSE’ MYTHOLOGY PROTESTED IN RICHMOND
While the United Daughters of the Confederacy were holding their annual convention in Richmond, more than 50 antiracist activists gathered outside the organization’s headquarters.
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