The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on Richmond’s housing crisis even as it has exacerbated it. Despite both the continuing spread of the virus and the persistence of housing issues, temporary protections meant to alleviate the pandemic’s effects are coming to an end. When they do, the consequences will not be evenly distributed.
UNITED BLACK BIRTH COLLECTIVE GROWING ‘SLOWLY AND WITH INTENTION’
In January 2020, Weluna Finley and a group of like-minded Black mothers, birth workers, mental health professionals and healers founded the United Black Birth Collective.
The housing crisis and Richmond’s declining Black population
Black and poor Richmonders are being priced out of the city limits, which has major implications for the city’s political balance of power. 2020 ended a 50-year period in which Richmond had been a majority-Black city.
The significance of Princess Blanding’s run for governor: A Defender analysis
A Defenders analysis on the campaign of progressive third-party candidate Princess Blanding.
COVID-19 SHOTS: why you need them, where to get them
As of Oct. 22, the Virginia Department of Health was reporting that there have been a total of 914,755 cases of COVID-19 in the state. That’s almost one out of every 10 people. This included 38,269 hospitalizations and 13,668 deaths.
White supremacists deface murals, spread hate leaflets in Richmond area
White supremacist organizations have been active in the Richmond area again.
Dec. 11 2020 Media Release on: Gov. Northam’s announcement of $9 million for Shockoe Bottom historical memorialization
Statement by the Virginia Defenders on Gov. Northam’s announcement of $9 million for Shockoe Bottom historical memorialization: There’s something missing.
The Virginia Defender 