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‘Trash bags’ can stay

In the case of whether the city’s longstanding General Robert E. Lee statue should remain on its feet, a judge ruled...

Close to home

In the center of Charlottesville is a park. A park that, lately, has seen its fair share of blood and spit, pepper...

Statues shrouded

In fewer than 48 hours after City Council unanimously passed a resolution to cover statues of generals Robert E. Lee...

United we stand

It was the day that kept getting worse. The weekend from hell. Like many of you, C-VILLE Weekly is still processing...

Power players

It’s the time of year C-VILLE editorial staffers dread most: landing on the final names for our Power Issue, followed...

Tactical change

In images from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, African-Americans in their Sunday best peacefully...

Statue standoff

While a court injunction currently prevents the statue of Robert E. Lee from being moved, the city is moving full...

Blue Ribbon commissioners...

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

Council okays commission on...

City Council unanimously approved a Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces May 2 after a...

Can the statue be moved?...

The Charlottesville park bounded by Jefferson, North First, Market and North Second streets isn’t the only Lee Park...