Unexpected consequences
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned some very harsh consequences for people and communities across the United States.
Let’s get it right
Richmonders have railed in recent years against the deplorable conditions in the city’s aged and decrepit school buildings where city public school students are expected to learn despite conditions that hinder education rather than foster it.
A danger still
Just because Donald Trump no longer occupies the Oval Office doesn’t mean he’s not a threat to America. He is.
To heal a city
The Richmond community continues to look for answers and solutions to the shocking multiple shooting that claimed the lives of Sharnez Hill, 30, and her 3-month-old daughter, Neziah, last week in the courtyard of a South Richmond apartment complex where …
Denying our humanity
It has been more than 400 years since the first Black people arrived in Virginia on the shores of what would become the United States of America. And more than 400 years later, we are still fighting for recognition of …
George Floyd
George Floyd
Police abuse redux
When will the police abuse and killing of Black people stop?
Lessons from the Chauvin trial
The murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd has offered us many lessons, if we care to listen.
Easter message
May this season of rebirth bring you renewed strength and joy.
Good riddance to the death penalty
Virginia has finally come down on the right side of the law with the abolition of the death penalty.
End the violence
It may seem incongruous heralding the abolition of the death penalty during a time in which two mass shootings have occurred within the space of a week.
Voting rights restoration
Voting is the lynchpin of democracy.
Getting to the other side
One year ago this week, COVID-19 stealthily came into our community and upended our lives. It has been a hard year.
The prince and the duchess
If anyone is unclear about the damage racism causes, one had only to watch media mogul Oprah Winfrey’s sad and sickening interview with Meghan Markle, the duchess of Sussex, and her husband, Prince Harry.
An about-face
Who lit a fire under Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras?
