The Richmond Police Department did the right thing in pulling the plug on federal access to its license plate reader system after learning it had been misused to track down people over immigration issues.

I didn’t attend school in Richmond Public Schools, but even from a distance I was aware of the strong school spirit that some Richmonders have for their high schools. It’s similar to a sorority or fraternity, in some ways, except …

The big ugly boondoggle, which our president calls the “Big Beautiful Bill,” is a transfer of resources from the poor to the wealthy, preserving 2017 tax cuts, cutting Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps), imposing new …

As the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives neared passage of President Donald Trump’s beloved — and enormous — “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” my mind raced back as it often does in such debates to memories of the late Linda …

They’re an ever-growing crisis, often underreported and overlooked because they involve a topic – killing oneself – the news media have been reluctant to cover.

In these hectic weeks of the Trump administration, America has witnessed has witnessed division, hatred, complete disregard for the Constitution and the law. There have been sudden cuts and disruptions to important departments such as the Department of Education, USAID, …

Juneteenth and the Fourth of July sit days apart on the calendar, yet for many of us, they couldn’t feel further apart. Both are marked by celebrations, but one party doesn’t feel like the other.

The forced resignation of James E. Ryan as president of the University of Virginia at the hands of the Trump administration marks a dangerous precedent for American higher education. The federal government’s ultimatum that Ryan step down as a condition …

A seasoned veteran of Chicago politics once told me that it often takes Democrats a couple of four-year cycles out of office before they can pull their fractious factions together into a winning coalition.

How refreshing it was to read your article, “Celebrating Bill Withers’ music, message through song and service,” about the legendary singer-songwriter’s daughter, Kori Withers, performing her father’s music at the Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen.

There’s a problem with several of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointees to college boards. Their selection was voted down by the General Assembly, but they’ve refused to leave their positions. This is different from student protesters who take over buildings — …

If a recent lawsuit and years of rumors and innuendo are to be believed, filmmaker and billionaire Tyler Perry may not be in contention for any “boss of the year,” awards. An actor who worked for Perry, after being “discovered” …

Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, “Days of Absence,” that imagined life in a small Southern town where all the Black residents disappeared overnight. Predictably, the white townspeople could not walk and chew gum, neither at one time …

Juneteenth came and went last Thursday, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual celebration: a cordial salute from the president of the United States.

Recently, John Reid, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, announced that if efforts to enshrine same-sex marriage rights into Virginia’s constitution met a tie in the Senate chamber, he would vote against it.