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City Public Defender’s Office gets award, no pay supplement
The Richmond Public Defender’s Office received high praise Monday night from City Council.
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Teacher shortages in high-poverty schools, by David W. Marshall
There is no way one can put a price on the value of a child’s education. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.”
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Price of incarceration
Hip-hop legend Jay Z celebrated Father’s Day this year by allowing incarcerated fathers to spend the day with their families. Pick any day of the week in America and an estimated 700,000 people are populating our nation’s local city and county jails. Of those behind bars, 60 percent — nearly half a million people, many of whom are African-American and Hispanic — will remain in jail, not because they have been convicted of any crime, but because they are guilty of the unpardonable crime of poverty and cannot afford the court-stipulated price tag placed on their freedom.
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Drum major DeSean “Mr. B.” Bartholomeo, takes charge in rehearsal like he will on the football field during the Trojan Explosion performances.
Published on August 11, 2017
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Ashley Bland pauses for a photo with John B. Cary’s Principal Michael Powell and the school mascot following the announcement.
Published on May 13, 2021
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Charlene Harris holds her great-granddaughter, 14-month-old Kayla Love, outside her home, right, on Colorado Avenue in Randolph, where her family has lived since 1968. Despite …
Published on June 29, 2017
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A life well lived
A life well lived By what yardstick do we measure the value of a life?
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Church to become regional private school for children with disabilities
A former church is about to become the new home of a regional private school that serves children with autism and other mental challenges.
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Petersburg employees credited with helping during city’s crunch
Two Petersburg Public Works managers are being credited with repairing trucks and equipment for their department that the city could not afford to fix.
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City council extends tax deadline, provides winning formula for babies
Richmond residents have gained a 60-day extension on the deadline to pay vehicle taxes and the city license fee on vehicles, and hundreds of Richmond mothers frantically seeking to buy baby formula will gain significant help through a new initiative.
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Resist efforts to divide people by Marc H. Morial
A report that hate crimes surged in America’s five largest cities last year has broken just as we honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nation’s best known victim of a hate crime.
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&B band Midnight Star headlined the 35 acts and performers that had people dancing in the streets between Broad and Jackson.
Published on October 13, 2014
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PAST, PRESENT COME TOGETHER AT HISTORY FESTIVAL - Richmond R&B singer Bri Luv performs to a rapt audience.
Published on July 24, 2015
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The Rev. Leonidas B. Young II speaks to his congregation at New Kingdom Christian Ministries on North Side in December 2014.
Published on January 22, 2016
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6. Richmond City Councilwoman Kimberly B. Gray holds one of the commemorative fans given out to the crowd in the 90-degree-plus heat.
Published on July 21, 2017
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R&B singer Trey Songz of Petersburg prays during a Juneteenth event at the Lee statue Friday, June 19.
Published on June 25, 2020
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Mayoral candidate Kim B. Gray looks at early election results Tuesday night at her watch party at a restaurant in Carytown.
Published on November 5, 2020
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No debt deal = doom
The clock is ticking on a potentially serious financial crisis that could affect you and your family.
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Richmond Police Department takes up #LipSyncChallenge
The Richmond Police Department wants to “see how big your brave is,” they say — or rather, sing — in a new video racking up views on social media. The “Richmond Police Lip Sync Challenge” is inspired by an online trend in which police officers, firefighters and ambulance workers dance as they lip sync to popular tunes.
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Cardi B delightedly accepts the Best Hip-Hop Video Award for “Money,” beating out a lineup of male competitors.
Published on August 30, 2019
