Teaching can be challenging, exciting, exhausting, and uplifting all at once. There’s a resource in the region designed to make teachers’ jobs and lives a little less stressful. What teachers say about SCRAP RVA: “SCRAP RVA is a lifesaver! I…
Greetings, Friends! As you read through this issue, you can practically smell spring popping off of the pages, and I for one can’t wait for the warmer weather and longer days. You may notice that this is our first ever…
We are having a baby this year! My partner and I have very different ideas about discipline in general and spanking in particular. I think this is an important part of parenting, and I would like us to have a…
Make this festive garland using items from your recycling bin to celebrate Earth Day! There are many ways to put this fun craft to work: birthday and graduation parties, team celebrations, classroom and home décor, and more. What you need:…
It would be pretty hard to have gotten through the last five years without ever hearing or talking about cryptocurrency or the blockchain. The explosion of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies onto the national scene means the price movements of…
Taxes can be complicated, and it can be especially difficult to maximize your refund when completing your taxes on your own. For low- and middle-income households, these complexities are often a barrier to building financial stability. There’s a program to…
Spring in Richmond! It’s rife with daffodils in gardens, baby bunnies in backyards, a dusting of yellow powder on everything, and hummingbirds helplessly trapped in the garage. Okay, maybe that last one’s just at our house. But we all know…
Careful! Cut away from yourself.” My seven childhood trips to the ER make me stress this rule more than most. Levon ripped open the cardboard. He was ready to get started. The box was no bigger than a desk dictionary.…
As a music therapist, I often use music to address goals in therapy. One thing I frequently hear from kids and teenagers, as well as their parents, is that they wish they could connect more with each other, but they…
A superbly crafted exploration of race, identity, and family. Identical twins Desiree and Stella Vignes and most of the Black folks who live in the Deep South town where the The Vanishing Half is first set, are so light-skinned they…
