A lot of controversy
At its June 21 meeting, Charlottesville City Council voted to pay $1.6 million for a 39-spot parking lot at 921 E. Jefferson St. to expand downtown parking capacity. While a […]
Keeping a-breast
Timing is everything, the old saying goes, and the co-creator of a new breast-milk sharing app says she and her business partner didn’t plan the launch of The Drop to […]
The balance of power
By Maeve Hayden, Tami Keaveny, Eshaan Sarup, and Courteney Stuart Power is defined as “the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of […]
In brief: New state budget, JMRL name change, and more
Budget Amendment yays and nays Virginia has a new two-year state budget after the legislature reconvened last week and passed several of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed amendments. Three Democrats defected […]
Brackney comes out swinging
By Brielle Entzminger and Courteney Stuart A week after tweeting that a city employee had been at the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 insurrection and faced no consequence, former […]
Close call
Last month, the day after Politico published a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion revealing the likelihood that Roe v. Wade will be overturned, the ACLU of Virginia issued a statement […]
Honoring the ancestors
Early Saturday morning, several hundred people gathered at Monticello to celebrate Juneteenth, including descendants of the over 400 Black people who were enslaved at the plantation during Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime. […]
Fierce over 40
Most athletes are hitting the end of the road by age 40. Martina Navratilova hung up her racket at age 38. Soccer star Abby Wambach scored her last goal at […]
In brief: Brackney exposes insurrectionist, tax lawsuit ruling, and more
Tax victory Last week the Virginia Supreme Court upheld Charlottesville Circuit Court’s decision that said the city cannot require freelance writers to pay its business license tax. As a result […]
Let freedom ring
By Eshaan Sarup and Brielle Entzminger This Sunday, June 19, marks the 157th annual celebration of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day—June 19, 1865—that Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, […]