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- Jonathan Young resigns from RPS School Board
  
  Virginia lawmakers agree to extend timeline of budget negotiations
  
  Students to compete in History Day at VMHC
  
  Virginia NAACP files lawsuit against governor
  
  Uber helps investigate Ohio driver’s shooting death
  
  O.J. Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says
  
  To close racial gap in maternal health, Virginia, other states target implicit bias
  
  The White House and Black Maternal Health Week
  
  Total solar eclipse wows North America
  
  Shock, grief and mourning for 3 Georgia-based U.S. soldiers killed in Middle East ...
  
  Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered near Vatican
  
  House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a ...
Opinion
- The confounding case of O.J. Simpson
  
  Let’s show up and show out
  
  Mail delays leave Richmonders in the dark
  
  Easter like Sunday morning
  
  Discriminatory laws have driven Black voters from the polls, by Marc H. Morial
  
  Better public understanding of domestic violence was the one silver lining from O.J. ...
  
  Deriding DEI is the right’s attempt at a polite way to attack civil ...
  
  In April, honor memories and seek reforms, by Thomas P. Kapsidelis
  
  Former VUU presidents ensured buildings’ preservation
  
  ‘What became of the Black People of Sumer?’
  
  Richmond Community Hospital: Finding compromise is possible!
  
  Zeta Phi Beta chapter to VUU: Don’t demolish historic hospital
Faith
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  Religious affairs expert Thomas Bowen moves from city of Washington to White House
  
  Remembering an icon
  
  Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it
  
  A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks’ ‘All About Love’
  
  Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93
  
  O.J. Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says
  
  William DuBois ‘Duke’ Smither leaves a legacy of powerful storytelling
  
  Award-winning Norfolk journalist Marvin 'M.L.' Lake remembered
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  Personality: Sheri Shannon
  
  Personality: Earl Reid
  
  Personality: Viola Baskerville
  
  Personality: Linwood ‘Shawn’ Nelson
  
  Fashion forward
  
  Fashion, fun and more
  
  Review: ‘Quiet’ causes whispers for network TV
  
  Pharrell Williams project to film in Virginia
Sports
- Robinson Day means so much to many
  
  Hampton University’s sailing team boasts winning record
  
  Lots of baseball talent used to flow through HBCUs
  
  More baseball players are foreign-born, says Forbes
  
  Journette stands out at NSU
Black Experience
- Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, ...
  
  'Architect of rock 'n' roll,' Little Richard, dies at 87
  
  Grammy-winning singer Betty Wright succumbs at 66
  
  Andre Harrell, who founded Uptown Records and launched many careers, dies at 5
  
  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, ...
  
  Hair care products founder Joe Dudley dies
  
  Big 10 football rivalry creates George Jewett Trophy
  
  Olympian and activist Lee Evans, who took iconic stand at 1968 Mexico City ...
  
  Hampton University announces new president
  
  Obamas break ground for $830M presidential library
  
  ‘Forgotten First:’ A look at four – and more – NFL trailblazers
  
  Boston’s new mayor marks historic ‘firsts’ leading city
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Jonathan Young resigns from RPS School Board

Mr. Young

Jonathan Young resigned from the Richmond Public School Board April 12 after it was revealed that a December 2023 incident ...

Uber helps investigate Ohio driver’s shooting death

In this image taken from Uber dashcam video released by the Clark County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office, William Brock, right, holds a weapon to Uber driver Loletha Hall outside his home in South Charleston, Ohio, on March 25, 2024.

Uber is helping investigators look into the account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man ...

Personality: Sheri Shannon

Sheri Shannon has long believed that focused community-action work can battle climate change head on.

Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93

Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her ...

Fashion forward

Chanel Nelson-Green

Chanel Nelson-Green is the owner of Liznel, a Richmond-based fashion boutique that has showcased designs in Hampton, New York and ...

Robinson Day means so much to many

Jackie Robinson Day honors the courageous and wondrously talented man who broke baseball’s color barrier.

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