VUU’s 26-21 loss to Chowan may derail NCAA playoff hopes
Few saw this coming. Virginia Union’s joyride of a football season has struck an unexpected speed bump. Now the Panthers must make sure it’s not a dead end.
Black church tradition survives Georgia’s voting changes
Black church leaders and activists in Georgia rallied Sunday in a push to get congregants to vote — a long-standing tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year amid new obstacles to casting a ballot in the midterm elections.
Personality: Dr. Lester D. Frye
Spotlight on president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity
In a time of adjustment and reinvention for communities as a whole, Lester Frye is working to guide both toward a better future.
Affirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubts
The survival of affirmative action in higher education appeared to be in serious trouble Monday at a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after hours of debate over vexing questions of race.
CoStar expansion a shining example
Tuesday was a banner day for Richmond as ground was broken on one of the biggest single private developments in city history.
Reaching the peak
Robert Dortch’s pilgrimage to Mount Kilimanjaro
Richmonder Robert Dortch Jr. is a man of faith. So he was pleased to learn that his guide up Mount Kilimanjaro was named Emmanuel. In the Bible, Emmanuel means “God with us.”
Businessman and civic activist Anson L. Bell, 69, dies
Anson Lloyd Bell, a Richmond contractor and businessman who was active in community affairs, has died. Mr. Bell, who crusaded for Black inclusion in city contracts and on other issues, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. He was 69.
Scholar and preacher Walton named next president of Princeton Seminary
The Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton, an academician, preacher and administrator who has served on the faculties of Wake Forest and Harvard divinity schools, has been named the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Educator Charles L. Walker, 71, dies
Charles Len “Herm” Walker spent more than 35 years involved with the education of Richmond children.
Bethune-Cookman grad Willie Mack III wins APGA
HBCU’s have produced an impres- sive list of pro football, basketball, baseball and track stars. But golf?
VSU’s comeback story is a page-turner
Men of Troy, 5-3, favored to defeat Lincoln Oct. 29
There are thousands of college football players but probably only one Jordan Davis.
Hampton football player reveals his sexuality
Hampton University’s Byron Perkins has become the first HBCU football player to announce he is gay.
Hampton loses homecoming game to Richmond 41-10
Hampton University is finding out, the hard way, why the Colonial Athletic Association ranks with the nation’s toughest FCS conferences.
VUU’s winning streak continues with rout of Lincoln
Saturday’s Chowan match may decide CIAA Northern title
Jada Byers keeps a rockin.’ The Panthers keep a rollin.’
Gun violence rips through RPS
Richmond Public Schools students are being shot on the way to the store and on the way to school. It is happening on Northside, Southside, in broad daylight and at night. Elementary school students have had their school day interrupted because of gunfire. The RPS school year has not yet completed two full months. Four students have been shot and hundreds of students have been near gunfire while at their schools.
Yellen boosts Biden’s agenda in Virginia as midterms near
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting Biden administration policies as the key to advancing the nation’s “long-term economic well-being” in the lead-up to the midterm elections.
‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them’, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
In this campaign season, I am reminded of the fable of the scorpion and the frog.
Better wages for low-wage workers at tipping point, by Clarence Page
As our pre-pandemic way of life struggles to make a come- back—which I, for one, am rooting for it to do—one tradition that I greet with mixed emotions is my personal subsidy to low-wage workers. I’m talking about tipping.
Fade to dark
What a week. From failing test scores to another vigil for a young Black person to yet another police chief’s resignation. So much bad news within just a few days leaves many of us cynical, fearful, speechless and definitely exhausted.
