Sometimes it just takes an old dog to teach the young ones new tricks.

For the umpteenth time, the nation has been plunged into the horrific details of another bloodbath at the hands of a gun-toting madman. No sooner than we can catch our breath from the workplace holiday party-turned-mass shooting in San Bernadino, …

On Tuesday, voters in Richmond and portions of several nearby cities and counties will go to the polls to make their choices for Democratic and Republican nominees to run for the 4th Congressional District seat.

The bond of family runs deep in the African-American community. Forty years and a remake have not depreciated that lesson from “Roots,” the television miniseries now playing on cable’s A&E, History and Lifetime channels.

In honor of those who are gone, in remembrance of those we love, we lift you up in spirit on Memorial Day.

Education is the great equalizer, so it has been said. Take for example Irving L. Peddrew III. He was a teenage honors student at his all-black high school in Hampton whose future seemed limitless. He received offers to attend numerous …

Sometimes you know you’re on the right path when you’re met with more and more resistance. That can be said in the case of more than 200,000 former inmates in Virginia whose voting rights were restored April 22 by Gov. …

We were surprised to hear the news that Dr. Claude G. Perkins is ready to step down as president of Virginia Union University.

“At home and abroad, journalists like all of you engage in the dogged pursuit of informing citizens, and holding leaders accountable, and making our government of the people possible. And it’s an enormous responsibility. And I realize it’s an enormous …

On Tuesday night, the Republicans’ worst nightmare became the entire nation’s problem. That horror show, of course, is billionaire Donald Trump’s victory in the Indiana GOP primary. He is assured of being the Republicans’ nominee for president in November.

Friday, April 22, was a red-letter day for the Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s when Gov. Terry McAuliffe removed the rusty shackles of discrimination from more than 200,000 men and women in Virginia, restoring their constitutional right to vote.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder should feel like he is in the eye of the storm — and in the crosshairs of state and federal investigators — when it comes to the appalling ongoing crisis of poisoned water in Flint. Last …

We continue to watch with great concern as the intense and sometimes emotional debate over school funding continues in Richmond.

It became dismal listening to the plaintive pleas Monday night of people speaking before the Richmond City Council. One by one, dozens of children, parents and teachers took the microphone to ask for more money for Richmond Public Schools. Anyone …

People turned out by the hundreds at Virginia Union University on Wednesday night to get an initial glimpse of the 12 announced candidates who want to become Richmond’s next mayor. It was the first forum for the candidates, hosted by …