It’s hard to put into words what D’Angelo meant to Richmond and Virginia.

The performance of our current lieutenant governor in the recent gubernatorial debate at Norfolk State University brought to mind a career-changing moment in popular music from years ago.

Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power.

When a revered church leader blesses cruelty as holiness, he’s not preaching Paul’s gospel. He’s sanctifying Sodom’s sin.

America has a long history of overpolicing Black men, scapegoating them as criminals without due process.

Jason Miyares wants these closing weeks of the campaign to be Virginia’s attorney general to be about Jay Jones’ words.

How can you tell it’s October in Richmond? Even without a calendar or a smartphone, a few signs stand out.

In my house, two legacies face each other. On one wall hangs a reproduction of “The Spirit of ’76,” painted by my cousin Archibald M. Willard for the nation’s 100th birthday.

The federal government shut down Oct. 1, and the impasse between congressional Democrats and Republicans suggests it could be a long one. Speaker Mike Johnson has already sent Congress home to do “district work.”

We certainly live in challenging times. Shortly before RFK Jr.’s hand-picked CDC panel met last month to abandon its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, Sen. Adam Schiff publicly asked insurers to cover routine vaccines for illnesses, no matter what the group recommended.

Look out, my fellow tenacious reporters and grizzled editors — we think there may be a person on council that’s after all of our hearts.

When we look back on 2025, once we process the general upheaval of governmental norms and the fractured political discourse, we might ask ourselves a question: What was up with all those vape and smoke shops?

Everywhere I go lately, people whisper the same question: Are we sliding into another blacklist era?

I have long become accustomed to what I call the “BTMF” reflex whenever a great, newsmaking calamity or outrage happens.

AI is everywhere, but its powerful computing comes with a steep cost to our planet, our neighborhoods and our wallets.