Shaban Athuman
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VPM News
The 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision that found racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional is Friday, May 17. One of the court cases that led to that decision began in Virginia, with calls for newer and better school facilities for Black students.This 2024 VPM News special series examines the issue of school conditions — then and now — to unpack why so many Virginia schools are in disrepair today.
Shaban Athuman
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VPM News
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently published an investigation that revealed 23 Virginia school districts have pulled books from school libraries over the past two years, amid a historic level of book banning across the country. RTD Reporters Jess Nocera and Sean McGoey spoke with VPM News education reporter Megan Pauly about their findings. Below is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity.
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In part two of the World Music Show’s look at music from Ukraine, host Ian Stewart speaks with music producer Daniel Roseberg about what some musicians are dealing with in worn-torn Ukraine.
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Virginia Commonwealth University has expelled Delta Chi fraternity for violations that allegedly led to the death of a student.
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COVID-19 caused the studio to shut its doors for just over three weeks, and the studio's executive director says the pandemic didn’t deter the staff from its mission.
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The program sets aside an estimated $5 billion to pay off Farm Service Agency loans, which are made to farmers who don’t have the means or credit to get them elsewhere. The funds will impact about 16,000 farmers of color.
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Photo essay: Members of Richmond's LGBTQ+ community started Safe Space Market to create an inclusive and COVID-safe gathering space.
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The president of the student body at Virginia Commonwealth University is facing hundreds of insults and threats online after a Canadian conservative media outlet wrote about their anti-police political views.
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Driving was down last year nationwide and locally due to the pandemic, but drivers killed 39% more people walking in Richmond region in 2020, with Black and brown pedestrians being killed at a much higher rate.
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The nation is in the grips of a K-12 teacher shortage. The cause isn’t COVID-19 -- the onset of the coronavirus has only exacerbated a lingering problem that’s been plaguing schools for years -- but the pandemic is causing the pipeline of newly trained teachers to dry up.
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Virginia’s top diversity officer urged leadership at Virginia Military Institute this week to avoid symbolic actions in their quest to reckon with complaints of racism at the 181-year-old public institution.
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An over two month-long special session officially came to a close on Monday, with the General Assembly accepting only a few of Governor Ralph Northam’s final suggestions for adjusting the state budget.
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Halloween might have been over, but this past Sunday, there were still witches on the streets of Richmond -- and they weren’t wearing pointy hats or flying on broomsticks.
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Legal analysts say it could be months before Virginia officials know whether they can take down the 130-year-old statue of Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.
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The name for the new multi-use trail that travels from Ashland to Petersburg was revealed today by Governor Ralph Northam.
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Richmond Public Schools instituted a new math curriculum in efforts to improve the district's lagging standardized test scores. The rollout of the new curriculum was not seamless and it met some resistance from teachers, but many of them are starting to feel comfortable with 'new math'.
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced new restrictions on Hampton Roads, citing a recent spike in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.
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George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police during an arrest back in May, is the subject of a traveling art installation in Richmond this week.
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While protests continue in Richmond, advocates are speaking out about a mass arrest of demonstrators on Sunday, May 31. Detainees were held on buses for hours and one said they were the target of anti-Muslim slurs while in custody.
