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Black lives, dollars matter, by Julianne Malveaux
I would always smile when I saw Black Lives Matter T-shirts, until I saw one gracing the grubby back of a white man who had on both a BLM T-shirt and a MAGA — Make America Great Again — hat. I started to either take a photo or start a conversation because I knew somebody would accuse me of making the combination up.
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School Board moves ahead on day care plans
The Richmond School Board is moving ahead with plans for five schools to open for day care for families that will be provided by three outside organizations.
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Personality: Debora B. ‘Deb’ Wake
Spotlight on president of the League of Women Voters of Virginia
The 2020 general election has begun, and for Virginians voting by absentee ballot, there is one less hurdle this year, thanks to the work of the League of Women Voters of Virginia and its president Debora B. “Deb” Wake.
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Drive-in homecoming worship brings church members together
For the past 27 Sundays, the Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church congregation has held worship service over Zoom and Bible study via conference calls.
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Towering tandem may take L.A. Lakers to NBA championship
LeBron James and Anthony Davis may be the most entertaining one-two combination since rock and roll.
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Illustrator Shannon Wright brings skills to Richmond Folk Festival official poster
Artist Shannon Wright, an illustrator and cartoonist whose work has been featured in major publications, books and online sites including The New York Times, The Atlantic magazine, The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom, Google Doodles and Scholastic, has been commissioned to create the official poster for the 16th Annual Richmond Folk Festival.
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GRTC running free shuttle service to city’s new Voter Registrar’s Office
GRTC is operating free hourly shuttles to help people who want to vote early to reach the new Richmond Voter Registrar’s Office at 2134 W. Laburnum Ave.
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Special prosecutor assigned in Confederate statue removal probe
A special grand jury soon will be convened in Richmond.
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Hanover County School Board stalls on new names for Confederate schools
The former Stonewall Jackson Middle School and Lee-Davis High School will remain unnamed for a few more weeks after arguments and criticisms led the Hanover County School Board to delay the renaming until at least October.
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Venture Richmond pulls plug on BLM street painting
Forget Black Lives Matter being painted in huge yellow letters in the 800 block of East Grace Street next to Capitol Square.
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Pod leader Adam Evans works with Sebastian Wisnoski during online instruction with his Richmond Public Schools class at an education pod set up in the …
Published on September 17, 2020
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After a morning of online learning, Richmond Public Schools students in the Northside Pod Life’s elementary group use a mid-day recess to feed the chickens …
Published on September 17, 2020
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Richmond Fire Chief Melvin Carter delivers remarks during the city’s commemoration last Friday, where the flag was lowered at Fire Station 10 on Hermitage Road. …
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Need for socialization, enrichment leads families to create education pods for children
Adam and T.Q. Evans thought the best way for their two young sons to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic was through an education pod.
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City of Louisville to pay the family of Breonna Taylor $12M to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed after she was shot to death by police during a late-night raid of her home
Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the City of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday.
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Former political star, who narrowly lost Fla. governor’s race, talks about his public flame out in March
Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost his bid to become Florida’s first Black governor in 2018, told a television interviewer he is bisexual, responding to rumors swirling since March after he was found intoxicated, naked and unconscious in a hotel room with two men, including one who works as a male escort.
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Plans to use city schools for day care program break down
Talks between City Hall and Richmond Public Schools over using five school buildings as day care sites have broken down.
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Personality: LaToya Gray Sparks
Spotlight on the winner of ESRI’s 2020 Educational Map Contest
LaToya Gray Sparks’ digital story map of how Richmond’s first master plan impacted Black residents contains a wealth of information.
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Tennis champion Naomi Osaka brings racial justice to her Grand Slam win
Naomi Osaka capped a transformative U.S. Open by winning her third Grand Slam title and challenging millions of people watching across the globe last Saturday to “start talking” about racial justice.
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Rosa Parks’ home displayed in Italy amid racial justice backdrop
The rundown, paint-chipped Detroit house where civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy in a setting that couldn’t be more incongruous: The imposing central courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples.
