It’s just clickbait
1. Reparations: Virginia bill would require scholarships for descendants of enslaved laborers (February 17) “This is really just the bare minimum that could be done for a community of people […]
What a year
By Ben Hitchcock, Brielle Entzminger, and Kristin O’Donoghue The statues came down In one hot July weekend, four of Charlottesville’s racist old statues were pulled off their pedestals. The infamous […]
One brick at a time
The charlottesville region continued to grow in 2021, and both Albemarle County and Charlottesville took several steps forward this year to increase the number of housing units and to improve […]
In brief: UVA hires new football coach, county split
Lining it up New congressional map would split Albemarle County Virginia’s 2021 redistricting cycle is nearing a close. Last week, the state Supreme Court-appointed map drawers released drafts of the […]
A seat at the table
Since Virginia lifted its decades-old ban on collective bargaining for public sector employees this year, Charlottesville’s firefighters and bus drivers have urged City Council to pass an ordinance allowing city […]
Square one
Charlottesville’s most famous monument made national headlines last week, when City Council voted to hand the statue of Robert E. Lee over to the Jefferson School African American History Center, […]
Blue and orange and green?
By Kristin O’Donoghue What do they want? Divestment. When do they want it? Now. That was the message from UVA students and community members who gathered at the Rotunda December […]
Out of office
“Typically, everyone just goes away. They make these agreements and people go away,” says former Charlottesville police chief RaShall Brackney. But she’s not going away. Two months after her controversial […]
Stay protected
Since South Africa reported the omicron variant to the World Health Organization on November 24, this new form of coronavirus has been detected in at least 38 countries. At press […]
Woolley, we hardly knew ye
Marc Woolley was introduced as Charlottesville’s interim city manager on November 5. During a virtual press conference that day, the former Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bureaucrat claimed he was used […]