We are still only in the beginning stages of a great American unraveling.
We should proceed with deliberation when necessary, with determination when we know we are in the right.
We should often be reminded of this bitter legacy, and minority communities here in Charlottesville bear the brunt of its reach into the present.
Here in Charlottesville, set against the blare of the noise, we can continue to pursue more inclusive and welcoming communal spaces.
The results of the first round of the French presidential elections are in, and despite significant fluctuations in the polling in the few weeks leading up to the vote, they are along the lines most expected.
On Tuesday, April 4th, reports emerged that the Assad regime hit the village of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s Idlib province with sarin gas, killing at least 85 people and wounding hundreds more.
The case for reparations lies on a mountain of historical evidence, data or personal experience that the majority of Americans must be receptive to absorbing.
The removal of the Lee statue from the soon-to-be-renamed Lee Park is not about “hiding or ignoring remnants of the past.”
Since lawn room selections came out last month, a debate has been raging in The Cavalier Daily Opinion section about the relative weight merit and representation should be given in the Lawn room selection process.
The story of the rise of the Tea Party is a familiar one. Protests erupted in the summer of 2009 and continued as a Democratic President and Congress pushed through a slew of consequential reform measures, culminating in the landslide Congressional victories for Republicans which made John Boehner Speaker of the House.
