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Foremost Wishes for 2024

Local leaders divulge their hopes for the area in the new year.

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Al Sharpton’s organizes picket outside offices of Claudine Gay’s attacker

‘We’ll make ourselves at home outside his office’ says NAN leader

Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), who last month stood by former Harvard President Claudine Gay as she came under relentless attacks from hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, will add another layer to his support of her on Thursday.

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More shelters in place

Ask Mayor Levar M. Stoney about the unsheltered people in the city, and he’ll tell you the city is doing a bang-up job of addressing the need.

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Making America laugh, look at itself, by Clarence Page

For many of us old enough to remember Archie Bunker’s living room chair before it became a Smithsonian Museum exhibit, Norman Lear helped television comedy get over its fear of real life.

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Black women and pay inequality, by David W. Marshall

Taraji P. Henson is speaking out, and people are listening. It remains to be seen if the award-winning actor will become a catalyst for major changes within the entertainment industry, but her message is much needed.

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Thomas’ star shines at NSU

It’s very early. But if votes were cast today for MEAC Player of Year, Jamarii Thomas might be the top candidate.

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Rams’ ‘Odometer’ clicking upward

Virginia Commonwealth University’s eight-game homestand – among the longest in school history – ends Saturday with a 4 p.m. tipoff against Atlantic 10 rival George Washington University.

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Salazar’s glad his travels landed him at VUU

If you’re living in Richmond with a cellphone area code of 562, you are likely far from home. Meet Jonathan Salazar, whose basketball road trip has taken him from his native Panama to Nevada to California to New Mexico, back to California, and now to Virginia Union University. His 562 Area Code stems from when he was in high school (St. John Bosco Technical Institute) in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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VCU’s rat de-bait

State senator sounds alarm over Monroe Park rodents

Virginia Commonwealth University claims that rats in Monroe Park can rip open metal trash cans to get to discarded food—even though an inspection of the metal cans show that the bottoms are undamaged. The university, which handles maintenance of the park, issued that claim in response to a query from Richmond state Sen. Ghazal Hashmi about VCU’s expenditure of $2,400 a month to spread poison-bait rat traps throughout the city’s oldest park.

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As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections

Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely be worse in the coming presidential election contest. The safeguards that attempted to counter the bogus claims the last time are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only getting stronger.

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VUU’s Parker to coach in New Orleans

Dr. Alvin Parker’s football coaching excellence at Virginia Union University hasn’t gone unnoticed. Coach Parker has been named as a co-coach for Team Gaither in the HBCU Legacy Bowl Feb. 24 at Tulane University in New Orleans.

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City Council enters new year eyeing new leadership

Fourth District City Councilwoman Kristen M. Nye is anticipated to be the new president of Richmond’s governing body. Next Tuesday, Jan. 2, City Council will hold its organizational meeting to vote on new officers following the departure of Dr. Michael J. Jones.

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Free community testing for COVID-19 continues

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:

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AMC Theatres issues apology, talks with Barber, will meet next week in Greenville after he was forced to leave over chair

AMC Theatres has issued a statement of apology and will meet with Bishop William J. Barber II after he was escorted out of its Greenville theater when he was not allowed to use his own chair to watch a movie, according to WNCT 9 television in Greenville, N.C.

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America’s anti-immigrant past never died, by David W. Marshall

The Statue of Liberty stands proudly in Upper New York Bay as a symbol of freedom and a welcoming beacon to the “huddled masses” and “those yearning to be free.” Originally conceived as an emblem of the friendship between the people of France and the United States, it is a sign of their mutual desire for freedom. It also was meant to celebrate the abolition of slavery.

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Wildcats’ Byrd is the word

Armstrong’s standout athlete feels ‘capable of doing anything’

There was only one No. 5 on the Armstrong High football roster, but it must have seemed like four to the Wildcats’ opponents.

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Virginia Tech’s Brooks is halfway to 1,000 wins

Coach and women’s team think like champions, play like champions

Kenny Brooks has lifted Virginia Tech women’s basketball to new heights, and he’s far from finished.

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CFP has a Southern drawl

Officially, it’s the College Football Playoff. Unofficially it’s been the “Southern Showdown.”

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Bam the Ram comes to the rescue

Hear the bugles. The calvary has arrived.