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Debate at state

Once again, Virginia State University was left hanging by a politician during an election season.

Federal overreach seeks to undermine the success of America’s Black mayors, by Marc H. Morial

American cities reflect the soul of the nation.

Let’s fight crime, not each other, by Clarence Page

When your only tool is a hammer, psychiatrist Abraham Maslow famously observed, all problems begin to look like nails.

Statues of limitations

You may be aware that time is running out to share your opinion on what should be done with the statues of Confederate leaders that once stood on Monument Avenue and elsewhere in the city.

Dee

It’s been a few weeks since we mourned the loss of America’s big brother, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who portrayed “Theo” Huxtable on NBC’s “The Cosby Show.”

Fighting for justice and democracy with Jasmine Crockett

“When you have people that are this extreme, they will do anything and everything to maintain power. The only thing that will stop them is us.” — Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Time for Dems to get serious about their future

Gee, what’s happened to the “silly season” of U.S. politics?

Sketchy groups send confusing Social Security mailers to seniors

My mother-in-law is all the rage with charitable groups, particularly the ones that are opaque at best and deceptive at worst in their snail mail.

Reimbursing language learners?

I have a question that needs to be answered

Aretha Franklin and the Apostle Paul agree: Sing!, by Jason D. Thompson

What would a conversation between Aretha Franklin and the Apostle Paul sound like?

Shifting into school

This school year will mark the first time Richmond Public Schools implements a “staggered” start to the school year.

A hero’s role

Richmond’s theater community lost one of its own last week in a tragic act of gun violence.

Opportunity Hoarded, Futures Denied: New Maps Point to Needed Change

It isn’t often that a bundle of maps writes a prescription for change. But that’s the takeaway of a new offering from researchers at the University of Richmond.

Black women are leading cities, shaping the future of democracy

In 2014, when Higher Heights for America and the Center for American Women in Politics released our first report on the status of Black women in American politics, the data confirmed what we already knew: Black women were underrepresented at …

Trump drives wedges into his own movement

Remember when then-candidate Donald Trump said during an Iowa campaign rally in 2016 that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” I quickly put that aside as just …

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