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Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice
The Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue is seen here during a violin vigil to remember Elijah McClain in July.

Judge Orders Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed

Oct 27, 2020
Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the statue removed in June. The statue, which stands 60 feet high, is the only Confederate statue still standing on the city's Monument Avenue.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Lt. Travis Stokes, a firefighter in Richmond, Va., is helping to lead an effort to distribute protective equipment to residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods.

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

Jul 10, 2020
Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Ballerinas Kennedy George, 14, and Ava Holloway, 14, pose in front of a monument of Confederate general Robert E. Lee after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ordered its removal after widespread civil unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custod

In Richmond, Va., Protestors Transform A Confederate Statue

Jun 12, 2020
In the midst of nationwide protests, activists have been covering a statute to Gen. Robert E. Lee with graffiti and posing for photos.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
A statue of Christopher Columbus sits in the water after people pulled the memorial down Tuesday night in Richmond, Va.

Amid Protests, Christopher Columbus Statues Take Flak In Boston And Richmond, Va.

Jun 10, 2020
One is unceremoniously dropped in a lake and the other beheaded. The memorials have become a focal point of nationwide protests amid calls to reevaluate how the explorer is remembered.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A large group of protesters gathered around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, on Tuesday in Richmond, Va. The crowd protesting police brutality chanted, "Tear it down."

Massive Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond, Va., Will Be Removed

Jun 04, 2020
Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the monument honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will removed "as soon as possible."
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Law
Demonstrators stand outside a security zone in Richmond, Va., on Monday. Thousands of activists and gun enthusiasts converged on the city to urge the state not to pass new gun laws.

Richmond Gun Rally: Thousands Of Gun Owners Converge On Virginia Capitol On MLK Day

Jan 20, 2020
"This is about losing one of the base freedoms that we have," a gun rights backer says in Richmond. The rally drew an estimated 22,000 people; officials say one person was arrested.
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National
Gov. Ralph Northam said state intelligence analysts have identified threats and rhetoric online that mirror the chatter they were picking up around the time of the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017.

Virginia Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Gun Rights Rally

Jan 15, 2020
Gov. Ralph Northam said that "there are groups with malicious plans" and raised concerns about a reprise of the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville in 2017.
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National
Kehinde Wiley's statue <em>Rumors of War</em> spent several weeks at New York's Times Square in late September. The work was unveiled Tuesday in Richmond as a permanent installation.

New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments

Dec 10, 2019
Kehinde Wiley's new sculpture mimics one of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. The new work stands in front of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a mile from its inspiration.
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The Two-Way
The Greyhound Bus Station is located in downtown Richmond.

State Trooper, Shot In Richmond, Va., Dies From Injuries

Mar 31, 2016
Chad Dermyer, 37, died from multiple gun shot wounds after being shot at a Greyhound bus station this afternoon. The suspected shooter was also killed.
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U.S.
Detroit police officer James Kraszewski stands next to the whiteboard the squad uses to track its cases' clearance status.

Open Cases: Why One-Third Of Murders In America Go Unresolved

Mar 30, 2015

Police today are identifying fewer murder suspects than they did a generation ago. One criminologist says that may be because departments are more focused on preventing crimes than on making arrests.

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KNPR's State of Nevada

Zhan Okuda-Lim

May 06, 2009
Zahn Okuda-Lim, Pres of the Sophomore Class, Valley HS; Student Rep, State Board of Ed; and, Chair of the Student Advisory Committee, CCSD ..
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Empowerment Schools

Mar 26, 2009
Lisa Primas, principal, Paul Cully Elementary School ... on what is involved in running one the valley's empowerment schools.
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