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Tackling hate crimes

Attorney General Mark Herring has spent the past few years studying the issue of hate crimes and white supremacist...

Telling the lion’s story

Photography by Eze Amos Sunlight had just begun to illuminate the candy-colored stained glass windows of First...

Pilgrims’ report

A month ago, around 100 locals set off on two buses to Montgomery, Alabama, carrying soil from the site where John...

Re-righting history

During her 15-year tenure as NBC “Today Show” co-anchor, UVA alum and journalist Katie Couric was known as America’s...

In brief

Show us the money Getting on City Council can cost a lot more than what the part-time job pays, even after a raise in...

Council coup

Barely 30 minutes into its August 21 meeting, City Council was in chaos. Three demonstrators were reportedly arrested...

A Vinegar Hill memorial you...

A forthcoming addition to the Downtown Mall will commemorate Vinegar Hill, the historically African-American...

‘Lightning in a bottle

In a 6-3 vote, Blue Ribbon Commission members recommended that the city keep its General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall...

Blue Ribbon commissioners...

Nine members appointed to serve on Mayor Mike Signer’s Blue Ribbon Commission—created to make a recommendation to...