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GOP lawmakers to meet with HBCU presidents
Republicans are planning to meet with leaders of historically black colleges and universities in the nation’s capital to discuss ways to help the schools survive in challenging times.
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Rewriting history
It starts small. But changing the facts to rewrite history is an insidious problem, one that has long-plagued this nation and detrimentally impacted the African-American community. Rewriting history can steal credit from those to whom credit is due. It can allow perpetrators to shirk responsibility and criminal or civil penalty for misdeeds. It can turn villains in life into heroes at death, all of which lead to the mis-education of the public.
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VCU to open STEM center to aid area public school students
Careers in science, technology, engineering and math are booming.
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More work to do 50 years later
The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination comes amid a fierce struggle for the soul of America. We will celebrate the progress th
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Pressure mounts for councilman to resign
Richmond City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto could soon face fresh pressure to resign from his 5th District seat following his admission last week that he and his family now live in a West Franklin Street house located in the 1st District.
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Miss America wins minus swimsuit competition
There she is, Miss America. And Nia Imani Franklin, who won the coveted title Sunday night in Atlantic City while competing as Miss New York, didn’t have to parade around in a swimsuit to be crowned the winner. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native said the changes in the 98-year-old pageant are a welcome modernization.
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Lighted boat parade Saturday highlights yuletide events
The yuletide fun continues in Richmond this weekend with the 25th Annual James River Parade of Lights in which boaters decorate and light their watercraft and parade down the James River.
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Good news for a change
By now, you know I look forward to the opportunity of sharing my opinions with readers. I pray that the columns offer helpful, thought-provoking and uplifting ideas.
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Recovering from Ferguson
“The city’s personal-responsibility refrain ... reflects many of the same racial stereotypes found in the emails between police and court supervisors. This evidence of bias and stereotyping, together with evidence that Ferguson has long recognized but failed to correct the consistent racial disparities caused by its police and court practices, demonstrates that the discriminatory effects of Ferguson’s conduct are driven at least in part by discriminatory intent in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.” – U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, March 2015
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Workers are busy readying the Stuart C. Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University for the start of basketball season, with a free preview of the …
Published on November 3, 2014
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Hundreds of volunteers — and a few goats — responded last Saturday to a call to help spruce up historic, but long neglected, East End …
Published on March 17, 2017
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After marking his ballot, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Richmond heads to the machine to cast his vote at Precinct 203 inside The Hermitage Richmond …
Published on November 11, 2018
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Easter on Parade: Six-month-old Maryiah Tims looks over the shoulder of her aunt, Zaire Tims, during Sunday’s Easter on Parade event along Monument Avenue. Like …
Published on April 26, 2019
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A “Black Lives Matter” banner hangs in October on the wall in front of a Monument Avenue residence near Allen Avenue, the epicenter of protests …
Published on January 7, 2021
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Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …
Published on July 8, 2021
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Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …
Published on July 8, 2021
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Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …
Published on July 8, 2021
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Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …
Published on July 8, 2021
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Veterinary assistant Hannah Heretick holds Jerome-the-Cat, who received a checkup and immunizations during the clinic while his foster mother, Dee Thomas, background, watches. Ms. Thomas …
Published on December 17, 2020
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Additional upgrades are taking place in Byrd Park’s Reservoir, which was built in 1897 and has served residents of Richmond and surrounding counties since then. …
Published on May 26, 2022
