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Virginia State University President Makola M. Abdullah and Coach Reggie Barlow hold the CIAA championship trophy as the Trojans celebrate their 42-19 victory last Saturday …
Published on November 17, 2017
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Defensive players rush in to tackle Virginia State University junior Trenton Cannon, part of the Trojans’ relentless overland offense that resulted in a VSU 24-10 …
Published on September 16, 2016
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Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James holds his fourth Finals MVP award as he celebrates the Lakers’ win Sunday over the Miami Heat with his teammates …
Published on October 15, 2020
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Norfolk State University senior Joe Bryant Jr. shoots over Baylor University’s Jeremy Sochan during the Spartans’ 85-47 loss March 17 during the first round of …
Published on March 24, 2022
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People protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 29. Days after the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, activists say they …
Published on July 6, 2023
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A cyclist rides past the sign outside Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., last Thursday. Google has fired 28 employees who were involved in protests over …
Published on April 25, 2024
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Panthers eye contenders for quarterback vacancy
Auditions are underway at Virginia Union University.
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Washington Football Team’s ticket to success: ‘The Roadblock’
In searching for a nickname for the Washington Football Team’s vaunted defense, “The Roadblock” seems to fit.
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A return to the regrettable past, by E. Faye Williams
Unquestionably, Maya Angelou’s most famous quote is: “If someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.”
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Armstrong High, wearing throwback jerseys for Armstrong-Kennedy, blitzes John Marshall
A change of nickname and change of uniforms may have helped change the luck of Armstrong High School’s football team—at least for one night.
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Senators graded on defending voting rights, by Marc H. Morial
How much do your senators care about voter suppression? How committed are they to our most sacred constitutional right? What have they done, and what are they willing to do, to defend it?
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GRTC’s Secret Santa speads joy to riders
GRTC bus riders were pleasantly surprised last week when Santa Claus took time away from his busy holiday preparations and greeted them at the transfer plaza in Downtown.
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VUU Panthers face LIU-Post in Saturday’s season opener
Virginia Union University football players need to be strong, fast and tough. They also need a dependable alarm clock.
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How will we respond to election?
What started as laughable and incredulous has become reality: Donald Trump is now our president-elect. No one seems to be laughing now. Many people seem to be in a state of dismay and disbelief. It appears many people drank the Kool-Aid of the mainstream media polls and felt as though former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would coast into the White House with ease.
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12 candidates to be interviewed for 3rd District School Board seat
Twelve people will be interviewed next week as the Richmond School Board moves to fill the vacant 3rd District seat.
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City shelter didn't open in last week's cold
City Hall never opened its homeless shelter last week even as temperatures plunged below 40 degrees for the first time this fall.
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Tribe seeks to build Va.’s first casino in Norfolk
The Indian tribe that greeted English settlers at Jamestown and claims Pocahontas among its lineage said recently that it hopes to open in Norfolk what would be Virginia’s first casino.
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All eyes will be on Dwayne Haskins as Washington’s training camp opens
Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback to make an impression with the NFL’s Washington franchise. Dwayne Haskins figures to be the most current.
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Anne Holton new interim president of George Mason
She has been called “First Lady,” “Your honor,” “Madame Secretary” and now “President.” Anne Holton, wife of Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, has been named interim president of George Mason University in Northern Virginia.
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Housing units’ new CEO
Steven Bernard Nesmith, former HUD official, has known poverty and prosperity, but considers RRHA role his dream job
Steven Bernard Nesmith is returning to public housing more than 40 years after leaving the Philadelphia projects where he grew up.
