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Personality: Linwood âShawnâ Nelson
Spotlight on board chairman of Rx Partnership
Linwood âShawnâ Nelson, a product of rural Virginia, was no stranger to poverty while growing up.
Authorities search Diddyâs properties as part of a sex trafficking probe
In the first nine months of 2023, Sean âDiddyâ Combs triumphantly performed at the MTV VMAs, released an R&B album that garnered a Grammy nomination and was a suitor to buy the BET network. But several lawsuits filed late last year raised allegations of sexual assault and rape against Mr. Combs â one of hip-hopâs most recognizable names as a performer and producer.
A tone-deaf attack on diversity at a university first built by the enslaved, by Bob Lewis
Posts began popping up in my social media feeds a couple of weeks ago from friends in my demographic: white, male and old enough to know better.
Giancarlo Esposito always had leading man credentials, âParishâ just makes it official
Giancarlo Esposito has long been lauded as a charismatic, scene-stealing thespian and commander of roles whoâs worthy of leading man stature. But it might be surprising that for first the time, itâs actually official.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Two years after historic win, a divided Amazon Labor Union lurches toward a leadership election
Two years after clinching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States is divided, running out of money and fighting over an election that could determine who will lead the group in the near future.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Gov. Youngkin is VCU commencement speaker
Gov. Glenn Youngkin will be Virginia Commonwealth Universityâs spring commencement speaker on May 11.
Are we there yet?
VCUâs road trips
From Brooklyn to Philadelphia to Tampa to Salt Lake City. No, this isnât a connecting flight schedule at Richmond International, itâs Virginia Commonwealth Universityâs postseason travel itinerary.
Gov. Youngkin amends Virginia âskill gamesâ legislation, acts on other final bills
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed a rewrite of legislation intended to legalize and tax skill games, adding stiff new restrictions that industry supporters argued would still amount to a de facto ban of the slots-like gambling machines hosted by small businesses.
Biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant, but it's finally changing
Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 â and a racially biased organ test was to blame.
Personality: Stephanie Spencer
Meet the founder, executive director of Urban Baby Beginnings
For years, Stephanie Spencer has worked to build a better future for mothers. A lifetime of experiences â from working in the medical system as a nurse to becoming a mother herself â has contributed to her growing knowledge of maternal issues, particularly for Black women.
Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it
Visitors to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park wind a serpentine path past art pieces depicting the lives of enslaved people in America and historic exhibits, including two cabins where the enslaved lived, before arriving at a towering monument.
Remembering an icon
The esteemed civil rights leader, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, a native of Richmond, would have celebrated her 112th birthday on Sunday, March 24. Although she died April 20, 2010, at age 98 in Washington, D.C., her legacy remains strong, especially in Richmondâs Blackwell neighborhood where she was born.
Personality: Earl Reid
Spotlight on the Military Retirees Club president
Earl Reid always knew he wanted to serve in the military, prompted in part by walking past the Military Retirees Club, which was not far from the Gilpin Court neighborhood in which he grew up.
Branch Museum to host free open house
The Branch Museum will host a free open house Easter Sunday, March 31, from noon to 5 p.m. for the Monument Avenue Easter on Parade.
The humanities and HBCUs, by Yahusef Medina
Last month, as we commemorated another year of Black history, I found myself reflecting on two prominent themes in the life and legacy of Carter Godwin Woodson, pioneer of Black History Month, who was born in Buckingham County, Va.
Pac-12âs final chapter not over yet; conference has 5 teams in womenâs Sweet 16
In a womenâs NCAA Tournament where Iowaâs Caitlin Clark, LSU Coach Kim Mulkey and undefeated South Carolina have dominated the headlines, the Pac-12 Conference is making sure it doesnât go away quietly in its final season.
