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Fixing our broken drug pricing system, by Dr. Greg Gelburd
As a recently retired physician, I felt relief for patients across the commonwealth when Virginia legislators recently passed bipartisan measures, Senate Bill 274 and House Bill 570, to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. This board would be empowered to finally rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs that make medicine inaccessible to too many patients. By signing this legislation into law, Gov. Glenn Youngkin can prioritize the health and well-being of Virginians.
Shining a light on the âRural Black Churchâ
Leonard L. Edloe, the founding pastor of Hartfieldâs New Hope Fellowship Church, delves into the history and the legacy of the rural Black church in his recently self-published book, âRestoring the Glory: Breathing New Life into the Rural Black Church.â
New law addresses temporary detention orders during mental health crises
âA law like this was neededâ says woman who faced hospital stay
A new state law might have prevented Jamisha L. Sewardâs ordeal nearly a year ago when she was handcuffed and shackled by her leg to a hospital bed for more than 80 hours while a rotating shift of Henrico County police officers kept an eye on her.
Annual checkup
A year after scathing New York Times article, Bon Secoursâ prescription for East End community includes jobs, training, upgraded facilities
Richmond Community Hospital continues to buzz with construction as its owner, Bon Secours, builds up operations at the East End health care center.
10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
President Biden touted the potential cost savings of Medicareâs first-ever price negotiations for widely used prescription drugs on Tuesday as he struggles to convince Americans that heâs improved their lives as he runs for reelection.
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.
Dr. Linwood Jacobs who opened doors for Black Greek organizations at UVA, dies at age 90
Additional roles included community college dean and Gilpin Court mental health provider
Dr. Linwood Jacobs is credited with spearheading the establishment of Black fraternities and sororities at the University of Virginia. And later he focused on student development as the dean of students at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and helped start a mental health services company based in Gilpin Court.
Wealth disparities by race grew during the pandemic, despite income gains, report shows
A strong performance in financial markets, particularly an outsize gain for the stock market in 2021, helped entrench existing trends of wealth inequality during the pandemic, new data released this week show.
West Virginiaâs Farrakhan, others suit up after court ruling against NCAA transfer policy
College athletes who have transferred multiple times but were denied the chance to compete immediately can play through the remainder of the academic year, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in West Virginia made the ruling on a motion filed Friday by the NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization. Judge Bailey extended a temporary restraining order he issued last Wednesday barring the NCAA from enforcing its transfer rule for 14 days.
Mayor Stoneyâs $2.9B budget
âWe are stronger than weâve ever beenâ
In delivering his 2025 City of Richmond Budget speech yesterday, Mayor Levar M. Stoney praised his budget team for âworking tirelessly year-round to ensure our financial house is in order.â
Inflation, nutrition and reality, by Julianne Malveaux
Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to describe it, they came up with wildly disparate answers. One thought it a snake, another a tree, another a trunk. Because they were blind, they could not see the big picture; they described the part of the elephant they could touch.
Uphold your oath
We call on President Biden to uphold his oath to âpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.â
Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd
Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate when she voted Tuesday to confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C.
Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights testosterone case
Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal decision for sports on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by rules in track and field that force her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels to compete in major competitions.
Americaâs anti-immigrant past never died, by David W. Marshall
The Statue of Liberty stands proudly in Upper New York Bay as a symbol of freedom and a welcoming beacon to the âhuddled massesâ and âthose yearning to be free.â Originally conceived as an emblem of the friendship between the people of France and the United States, it is a sign of their mutual desire for freedom. It also was meant to celebrate the abolition of slavery.
Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist.
Judge suspends order to put casino issue on Nov. ballot
A Richmond judge will decide whether to allow a charitable gaming group to challenge the constitutionality of the cityâs selection of a casino operator and potentially prevent a planned vote on whether to have a casino in the Nov. 7 general election.
Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
A hidden path to Americaâs dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source â a former Southern slave plantation that is now the countryâs largest maximum-security prison.
Public education is vital to a democracy, by Jesse Jackson
America owes much of its prominence and prosperity to the fact that it has led the world in popular education. Even without a public school system, we had the highest literacy in the world in the 19th century. We were among the first to provide public school to the young through the 12th grade.
New plans in place for 2 Richmond cemeteries
Richmond is getting a thumbs up from the community for its plan to take over the historic Evergreen and East End cemeteries on the cityâs East Side, but only if volunteer groups are kept in the loop.
