A pet cause
Infections temporarily close two local animal shelters
Henrico Police Animal Shelter temporarily closed its doors to the public on June 22 after seeing a rise in infections that could lead to canine influenza.
Richmond police provide Monroe Park shooting update
It’s been three weeks since the shooting in Monroe Park after Huguenot High Schools graduation that killed a graduate, Shawn D. Jackson, his stepfather Renzo Smith and injured five others. Since then, official information about the investigation has been scarce, with the Richmond Police Department canceling a planned in-person briefing last Friday and releasing information in statements instead, after a consultation with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office.
VMHC hosts new citizens swearing-in ceremonies July 4
Approximately 75 candidates will be sworn in as newly naturalized citizens during a July 4 ceremony in partnership with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Immigration drove white, Asian population growth in U.S. last year
Harris County, Texas gains largest number of Black residents
Without immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled the expansion of the Asian population, which was the fastest-growing race or ethnic group last year in the U.S., while births outpacing deaths helped propel growth in Hispanic, Black, tribal and Hawaiian populations. Population estimates released June 22 by the U.S. Census Bureau show what drove changes in different race, ethnic and age groups last year, as well as since the start of COVID-19’s spread in the U.S. in April 2020. The country had grown to 333.2 million people by the middle of last year, a 0.4% increase over the previous year, according to the 2022 population estimates.
Why do so many Black women die in pregnancy?
One reason: Doctors don’t take them seriously
Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America.
A history of abuse, neglect and torture surrounds Black women’s maternity and mortality
For decades, frustrated birth advocates and medical professionals have tried to sound an alarm about the ways medicine has failed Black women. Historians trace that maltreatment to racist medical practices that Black people endured amid and after slavery.
The big payback
This week Virginia Commonwealth University will conduct another public forum about how the Medical College of Virginia, now known as VCU, can atone for being “embedded” in slavery since its beginning in 1838. The forums follow a report which revealed the college rented, owned and sold Black people, stole bodies from Black cemeteries and experimented on Black folks without their consent.
A Supreme surprise: How the Right rescued the Voting Rights Act, by Clarence Page
Although largely upstaged by former President Donald Trump’s federal indictment, the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision earlier this month is likely to have a game-changing impact for many years to come.
Good jobs will come from a cleaner economy, by Ben Jealous
My father’s family once operated woolen mills in New England. Those factories no longer exist, across America like 63,000 factories that have shuttered since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was passed three decades ago.
Let’s be clear: Teamsters Local 322 and Teamsters Local 592 are not the same
I am writing to bring attention to some factual inaccuracies that were present in Jeremy Lazarus’s article titled “RPS bus drivers choose a new union,” published on June 15, 2023.
Leveling up
Monacan’s Olivia Woodson settles in at Auburn
Finally, area high school goalkeepers can take a deep breath. Soccer sensation Olivia Woodson is moving on.
VCU heads to Greece
Befitting a team brimming with international talent, the VCU basketball Rams will soon be making an international excursion.
Oakland twins make history during NBA Draft
Identical twins Amen and Ausar Thompson share an unusual middle name (“XLNC”) and an unusual story that’s taken both to the NBA.”
Commanders set training camp dates
How is Eric Bieniemy is fitting in as the new Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator?
Jazz, concert bands highlight City’s July 4 celebration
Dogwood Dell will host the City of Richmond’s Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday July 4.
Fireworks to light up Petersburg on July 3
The City of Petersburg and will spon- sor and co-host the second annual Peters- burg Independence Day Fireworks Show at the Petersburg Harbor on Monday, July 3.
Meadow Farm hosts Henrico’s Red, White and Lights celebration
Henrico County’s Division of Recreation & Parks will present its annual Red, White and Lights community celebration of Independence Day on Tuesday, July 4 at Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road.
Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscar
Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a golden statuette this year after all — and in very good company too.
VMHC announces civic education merger
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture will ring in July 4 this year with a merger with the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics into the VMHC and the launch of a three-year civics initiative.
