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Letters to the Editor

Equitable, fair procurement practices needed

What is the effect of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order calling for 42 percent of spending in various state executive branch contracts be conducted with small businesses with minority or female ownership?

Pipeline benefits don’t justify the risks

I voted “No." on a bill to force President Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline would run 1,700 miles from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Save our communities

It is time for Richmond’s black people to draw a line in the sand to save our communities.

State NAACP convention addressed issues

The Virginia State Conference NAACP continues to address important issues that impact our members and people of color across the commonwealth.

Missing progressive candidates

Readers of your paper should be aware that when we vote, we do not win. We just do not lose quite as badly.

Ferguson police officer will be exonerated

You haven’t presented the complete story. Your article only took up for Michael Brown and tried to make him a hero.

We must protect VSU at all costs

When Howard University’s then-President Sidney Ribeau announced last fall that he would step down as unprecedented financial challenges mounted at the “mecca” of HBCUs, I was among those who gasped.

Shameful treatment of president

No president has been treated so harshly.

Advocate for poor needed for 16th Senate District

Money is the focus

Too many still suffer wrongful convitcion

Innocence can be worth quite a lot.

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