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Housing precarity fellow for @econhardship. Freelance reporter with an interest in history, inequality and hoops.
Jul 9, 2020 7 tweets 1 min read
BREAKING: Judge Cavedo ordered a 60-day injunction halting further removal of Confederate monuments in Richmond, granting a request by an anonymous plaintiff who sued Mayor Levar Stoney this week. Lawyers for Stoney said all the city’s Confederate statues have been removed since last week, with the exception of AP Hill’s in Northside. No current plans to move that immediately because Hill’s remains are there.
May 31, 2020 36 tweets 11 min read
The scene at the corner of East Main and 14th right now. Colette McEachin, Richmond’s Commonwealth’s Attorney, is at the 17th Street Farmers Market, where hundreds are gathered for a demonstration. She praised people in attendance today for making their voices heard peacefully.