I’ve never been quite sure how I should feel when I hear that. Am I supposed to be honored or offended? I am articulate. I speak eloquently with minimal pauses and stutters. I formulate ...

Republican 9th District Rep. Morgan Griffith decries Democrats' redistricting efforts during a press conference at the Virginia State Capitol on Oct. 27. Griffith said he once participated in partisan ...

VCU Police officers had just gotten out of a morning briefing when the department received an unusual call. “Somebody told them they thought it might be a big Rottweiler or something, and they saw it ...

Richmond is working to build more affordable housing in response to high eviction rates and housing demand as Richmonders and students grapple with rising costs. The city announced that $7 million ...

VCU has submitted a proposal for a new inpatient care building on the corner of Leigh Street and North 12 Street. The tower would provide over 500 hospital beds as major hospital systems in the region ...

VCU recently announced a guaranteed admissions policy for students near the top of their class, according to VCU Admissions. High school students are guaranteed admission if they have a GPA of at ...

In 2025, the rhetoric around immigration has become louder, sharper and, for many, more hostile. Immigrant families and their children — many of them first-generation college students — are caught in ...

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Charlie Schmidt took it all the way. Once like many-a-VCU-student — riding the city bus lines and organizing anti-war protests — the academic turned activist, civil rights lawyer and public librarian ...

According to NPR, in 2016 minority literature only accounted for about 22 percent of all published children’s books. In 2009, it was as low as 9 percent. A lack of diversity among authors leads to a ...

The mausoleum of Richmond bookkeeper William Wortham Pool is a popular site in Hollywood Cemetery due to its association with the Richmond Vampire, a popular urban legend that has been recited for ...

RPI students in the school’s library, 1965. Photo courtesy of VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives. The nation was in upheaval when VCU opened its doors in downtown Richmond in the summer of ...