Five years after the “summer of hate,” we’re telling our community’s own stories.
Category: The big stories
These are the big reports you can’t miss. Let’s tell our stories together, for our own community and for the rest of the country that is watching what happens in the Charlottesville area.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
When this Charlottesville shelter closes next year, its 100 elderly and seriously ill guests might have nowhere to go
“If it weren’t for Premier Circle, I’d be homeless,” said Sunshades, a shelter guest.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
2022 Voter Guide
Here’s everything you need to know to make an informed choice about who represents you in the November election.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
An immigration detention center in Farmville built for over 700 people now has 11 — and activists say it’s time to shut it down
Farmville earns $15,000 and the private company that operates the center earns $2 million per month from the federal government, even though they had a huge COVID-19 outbreak and detainees say that conditions there have been unbearable.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Charlottesville’s 10th & Page has fewer trees and higher temperatures than other residential neighborhoods — and it’s not by accident
“What I think redlining and all of these nefarious urban planning decisions from the past show us is that decisions that we make can reverberate for a hundred years or more,” said Jeremy Hoffman, a researcher at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Posted inHealth and safety
Still Determined
Contextualizing and exploring the immediate and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted inHealth and safety, The big stories
Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem
About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons The word “health” conjures everyday personal decisions — what we eat, how much we exercise or sleep or how often we go to the doctor — things that appear to be under our control. But instead of looking at what we choose to eat, […]
