Who is Dashad Cooper?

“So, Dashad Cooper. … Who is Dashad Cooper?” Cooper asked, repeating the question back to C-VILLE. Cooper is new to politics and has not had the time to perfect his […]

A denser city

Of all the streets in a changing Charlottesville, Cherry Avenue may be one to watch closely to see how the new Comprehensive Plan might translate into a denser Charlottesville.   […]

Building up the city

It’s often said at land use public hearings that there should be more places to live in Albemarle and Charlottesville. Both communities have adopted policies that seek to build thousands […]

Up to standards?

On January 6, the Virginia Department of Education released a revised proposal of the state’s history and social science standards of learning, after previously proposed standards sparked severe public backlash […]

In brief

City councilor resigns  After two years of serving on Charlottesville City Council, Sena Magill has resigned.  Magill announced her surprising departure at the end of council’s January 3 meeting. Overcome […]

In brief

Rebecca Berlin joins county school board Rebecca Berlin is the newest member of the Albemarle County School Board.  On December 15, the board unanimously voted to appoint Berlin to the […]

Shots fired

Amidst holiday celebrations, a string of shootings hit the Charlottesville area in December.  On December 18 at around 2:20am, the Charlottesville Police Department responded to a shots fired call on […]

Pay us a living wage

The UVA chapter of The United Campus Workers has long demanded that the university pay graduate students a living wage, which they currently estimate to be $38,173 a year. Recently, […]

New Reality

With interest rates much higher than they were a year ago, you might think that residential properties in the area would be selling at lower prices. However in Charlottesville, many […]

Censored!

By Paul Rosenberg with illustrations by Anson Stevens-Bollen Since its founding in 1976, Project Censored has been focused on stories—like Watergate before the 1972 election—that aren’t censored in the authoritarian […]