Veterans Day is meant to honor service and sacrifice, but it also offers a chance to reckon with the complexity of that service, especially for Black Americans whose contributions have often been ignored or minimized.

For those opposing diversity, equity and inclusion, the recent elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City were discouraging. Democrats won big, and candidates representing racial, gender and religious diversity also prevailed.

For decades, I have been hearing the old courtroom saying about how a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if given the chance, but I never expected to see it happen.

Lance Watson, senior pastor of a large Baptist congregation in Richmond, must have spoken for hundreds of thousands of Virginians Sunday when he mentioned the prospects of Jay Jones, then the Democratic attorney general candidate, in last week’s election.

It’s been announced that the 54-year-old Richmond Coliseum will be demolished. After giving a thumbs-down to the Navy Hill development, Richmond City Council decided to move forward with what is now the City Center project.

The people’s voices were heard loud and clear, by the electorate going to the ballot box and voting. We have seen enough divisive antics thrown our way.

On his way out, our current governor has decided to give Virginia students the one thing they haven’t asked for — another test.

Led by two accomplished and capable women, the Democratic Party of Virginia secured a political trifecta this week, winning the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

We just fell back. The season of darkness is coming. But this year, more than any I can remember, that darkness feels existential, not just seasonal.

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would mean for the legacy of Milton Olive.

Dick Cheney, who died this week at age 83, was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics.

When Winsome Earle-Sears — who lost to Democrat Abigail Spanberger by nearly 15 points Tuesday — became the first Black woman nominated for governor of Virginia by a major political party, history took note.

Transgender teens ages 13 to 17 comprise a scant 3.1% of the youth population in Virginia. But trans issues have loomed unusually large in Virginia’s gubernatorial election this year — and not in a good way.

If you are worried about American democracy, you have plenty of company. Who your company is, though, depends on your concern.

In Virginia politics, we often say that the Attorney General’s Office is where law and politics collide. It determines whether our justice system will serve all Virginians equally — or become a politicized weapon of a partisan actor. As Black …