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Fostering a new spirit
Editorials
We revel in the new energy and spirit that artist Kehinde Wiley’s monumental sculpture, “Rumors of War,” ushers into Richmond.
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Hunger can hamper higher education efforts
A 22-year-old mother of two young children decides to go to class rather than pick up an extra shift at the doctor’s office where she works. The decision, while beneficial to her education, means she won’t have enough money to feed herself and her children sufficiently that month.
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‘We need climate action, environmental justice’
As Americans came together in February to recognize the immense contributions made by African-Americans during Black History Month, it is important to talk about environmental justice because if we can’t breathe free, we can’t be free.
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Freshman Pitts making big splash at VUU
Demarius Pitts saw no need to meekly dip his toes in the water to get a feel for college basketball. Boldly, he dove in head first instead.
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Kamras delivers first State of the Schools address
Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras delivered his first State of the Schools address Tuesday night to a packed house of more than 300 people at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.
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Richmond native Corey Blount hits world music at No.1
Richmond native Corey Blount is a good musician — so good, in fact, that a song he co-wrote, produced and performs on is No. 1 in New Zealand, Australia and Kurdistan. It also hit the Top 10 on the charts in The Netherlands. And on Anghami, a streaming service big in the Middle East and Northern Africa, it soared to No. 1 in Tunisia, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Social distancing has mixed practice around Richmond
Walk into any retail store, and it’s clear that the messages about social distancing and personal protection have penetrated only so far.
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Closing Cathy's Camp in midst of emergency
The tents started to come down Wednesday. At this point, only a small group of people remain in the homeless community known as Cathy’s Camp beside the city’s cold weather shelter on Oliver Hill Way across from the Richmond Justice Center.
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1, 2 … Jermoin’e Royster rising in the ring
If anyone was ever born to box, it’s 17-year-old Jermoin’e Royster, a George Wythe High School senior and member of Cobra Boxing Gym at the Southside Community Center.
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Huguenot High’s Kevin Gayles is a successful student of the game
Kevin Gayles Jr. knows the way to the end zone. The swift, sure-handed Huguenot High School wide receiver needs no GPS or compass to reach his preferred gridiron destination.
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Baylor’s baseball skills expected to draw college, pro scouts
Two physical assets baseball players covet most are power at the plate and speed on the base paths. Jamari Baylor has a high supply of both.
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Panthers on the prowl for win in N.C.
Two weeks into the Alvin Parker coaching era at Virginia Union University, it’s apparent the Panthers are committed to a powerful running attack.
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RPS dealing with bumps in student transportation system
Richmond School Board Chairwoman Dawn Page continues to find bumps in the road in the school system’s hub stop system, where students attending certain schools have to walk to their nearest school to catch a bus to their high school or middle school.
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Moving beyond tragedy
Something is clearly wrong in our nation when worshippers are gunned down at the Tree of Life Synagogue, as occurred last week, or at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015, or at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., in 2012.
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Former New Orleans mayor calls for honest dialogue on race
If Civil War history is to be displayed across the American South, it must be portrayed fairly and accurately, with an open dialogue about racial disparities in the region, the former mayor of New Orleans told Richmond’s mayor Tuesday.
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The end of Easter on Parade?
Sunday might have been the final edition of Easter on Parade — at least as an organized event. Thousands of people turned out to stroll along four blocks of Monument Avenue on Easter afternoon, some in holiday finery and others with costumed pets. It’s a tradition that dates back at least 50 years and has been under the aegis of city-supported groups for at least 30 years.
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Caleb Grimes stands out for Benedictine
Caleb Grimes is planning a career in the Navy. In the meantime, he’s giving his opponents on the football field a bad case of the blues.
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Tribute unveiled to women’s advocate, international AKA president
While the nation debates the preservation or removal of Confederate monuments, the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are erecting monuments to honor the selfless contributions of their sisters.
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Tillman sets pace for VCU record books
Virginia Commonwealth University’s affiliation with Atlantic 10 Conference basketball is missing one golden nugget — an A-10 Player of the Year recipient.
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Class and crass
I never thought I would miss our 43d President, George W. Bush. And I’ve never thought of him as a great, or even good, speaker. But the speech he gave Oct. 19, at a conference convened by the George W. Bush Institute was simply eloquent, excellent, thoughtful and compelling.
