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COVID-19 brings adjustments to area colleges

Richmond area colleges and universities plan to step up sanitation measures and reduce campus populations by turning to more online classes in dealing with coronavirus as the fall semester begins.

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CAHN buys South Side medical building

The nonprofit Capital Area Health Network is the new owner of the Manchester Medical Building at 101 Cowardin Ave., previously one of the area’s largest African-American-owned medical office buildings in the city.

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Biden-Harris

Kamala! That one name texted and sent out via social media on Tuesday said it all.

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Black women rising despite decades of bias, by Julianne Malveaux

Women won the right to vote a century ago. On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment passed. The white women’s equal rights struggle began in 1776, though, when Abigail Adams, the wife of our second president and member of the Constitution-drafting Continental Congress, sent her husband a letter. She urged him to “remember the ladies.” She further wrote, “All men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

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‘Ray Boone ... rolling in his grave’

Re Editorial “Disturbing,” Free Press June 25-27 edition:

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Aaron Judge leads AL in homers and RBIs

Everything about Aaron Judge is labeled extra-large.

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Personality: Lashawnda S. Singleton

Spotlight on president of the Richmond Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers

From Miami to New York and finally Richmond, Lashawnda Shanell Singleton has seen and experienced the struggles of the poor and disadvantaged.

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New deal helps pave way for Soulidifly's new work

Richmond’s largest African-American film and media company now has access to financial support for its efforts to make films showcasing events and stories involving women and people of color.

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Falwell out as president of Liberty U.

Jerry Falwell Jr. is out at conservative Liberty University.

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Retired Richmond Police Maj. Wille C Jones, who battled racism within the department, dies at 87

Retired Police Maj. Wille C Jones was a leader in seeking to end ingrained racial bigotry in the Richmond Police Department.

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Horace Clarke, one of the first Black athletes to play pro baseball in Richmond, dies at 81

Horace Clarke, among the first Black star athletes to play professional baseball in Richmond, has died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

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Lee statue to remain under new 90-day injunction

The statue of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will continue to loom over Monument Avenue for at least 90 more days.

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RPS releases initial details of online reopening

When school starts Tuesday, Sept. 8, for Richmond Public Schools students, their online lessons will begin at 9:15 a.m. and end at 4:20 p.m. Students in pre-school through third grade will start earlier — at 9 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m.

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Pandemic puts city assessments, financial picture on hold

New valuations of Richmond homes and businesses have yet to be issued.

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Dr. Frank S. Royal honored by National Medical Association

Dr. Frank S. Royal Sr. of Richmond is the recipient of the National Medical Association’s W. Montague Cobb Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Small nonprofit makes big impact on lives, health of people

Josselyn Aguirre-Cabrera went to see a doctor about her nagging headaches and learned she had diabetes.

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Virginia sales tax holiday this weekend

Shoppers will save a few dollars this weekend as Virginia’s annual sales tax holiday returns.

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Metropolitan Business League to host candidates forum

The Metropolitan Business League is hosting a two-part candidates forum and town hall regarding small business in the state that will be held online.

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At 16, Vijay ‘J.J.’ Powell claims first of many golf titles to come

Vijay “J.J.” Powell got his golfing start watch- ing Tiger Woods’ PGA tour videos at home.