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Winning ways
Levar Stoney’s path to Mayor’s Office started on the gridiron
Long before Levar Stoney threw his hat into Richmond’s political ring, he was tossing footballs for York County’s Tabb High School. He was as on target then — wearing jersey No. 14 as Tabb quarterback — as he became in the city’s mayoral competition. Richmond’s mayor-elect was a three-year starting quarterback for Tabb and ranked among the Bay River District’s leading passers, while also serving as a runner.
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Plan introduced to lease City Stadium to Richmond Kickers
City Stadium — the aging city-owned sports facility in the near West End that hosts soccer and football games — could soon become the permanent home of the Richmond Kickers soccer team.
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Proposals to build 2 schools, redo George Wythe under review
Richmond Public Schools might provide incoming Mayor Levar Stoney with a potential blueprint for addressing the problem of outdated and increasingly worn-out school buildings.
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What about the children?
“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust ...We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall As far back as June 2015, the National Urban League called upon all presidential candidates to refrain from using racially divisive and disparaging language in their campaigns.
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How will we respond to election?
What started as laughable and incredulous has become reality: Donald Trump is now our president-elect. No one seems to be laughing now. Many people seem to be in a state of dismay and disbelief. It appears many people drank the Kool-Aid of the mainstream media polls and felt as though former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would coast into the White House with ease.
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Personnel is policy
Nine days have passed since Donald Trump was named the winner of the presidential election, and the world has not come to an end — although for many, it may seem like it.
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Collard greens: Only $66 at Neiman Marcus
First, cultural appropriation Twitter police called out the popular food blog “Thug Kitchen” in 2013 when a 29-year-old white couple from Hollywood revealed themselves as the anonymous authors of the highly acclaimed blog written largely in black vernacular English.
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Ethiopian runners win 2016 marathon
The 39th edition of the Richmond Marathon, like many of the races before it, was dominated by runners from East Africa. More than 17,000 mostly local and state runners and enthusiasts lined up Saturday in Downtown for the three races — the 26.2-mile marathon, the 13.1-mile half-marathon and an 8K race.
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Virginia State University running back Trenton Cannon carries the ball, helping the Trojans to a 45-35 victory over Tuskegee University last Saturday in Alabama.
Published on November 19, 2016
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The Winston-Salem State University Rams football team celebrates their second consecutive CIAA championship following last Saturday’s 43-33 victory over Bowie State University.
Published on November 19, 2016
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VSU ends season with win; Winston-Salem State wins CIAA
Virginia State University has added an exclamation mark to an already bold-letter football season. In a late addition to the Trojans’ schedule, VSU traveled 635 miles to defeat Tuskegee University in Alabama 45-35 last Saturday.
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VUU scores 2 wins at Earl Lloyd Classic
A mix of veterans and newcomers has Virginia Union University feeling optimistic about its upcoming basketball season. VUU opened last weekend with a 86-83 overtime win over host West Virginia State University and a 88-77 victory over the University of Virginia-Wise in the Earl Lloyd Classic in Institute, W.Va.
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VCU sharpshooters are best in Rams record book
The two most accurate shooters in Virginia Commonwealth University basketball history are featured on Coach Will Wade’s current roster, with a season that opened Nov. 11 with an 80-67 win over visiting University of North Carolina-Asheville. Based on records dating to 1968, 6-foot-7, fifth-year senior Mo Alie-Cox and 6-foot-7 junior Justin Tillman rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among the best shooting Rams of all-time, albeit from close range.
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Mayor-elect Stoney plans to be ‘hands-on, visible, transparent’
As he looks forward to becoming Richmond’s next mayor, Levar Stoney is planning to be more visible after he takes office. As he puts it, he wants to be a “hands-on, visible and transparent mayor who can be a champion for accountability, measure outputs and inputs and, at the end of the day, say that the buck stops with me.”
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Advocacy groups bracing for change
President-elect Donald Trump pledged during his campaign to “Make America Great Again” by building a wall between the United States and Mexico, nationalizing stop-and-frisk policing, banning Muslim immigration, de-funding Planned Parenthood and dismantling federal policies, including environmental protections.
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How will Donald Trump’s win impact your life?
“Hopefully, his tax plan will benefit the working class and middle class. I’m kind of excited, though, because I feel like he’s a wild card, and I’m interested in seeing how it’s going to play out. I think the White House will humble him. He has no choice but to be humble. Maybe with people surrounding him, he’ll get the wisdom to run the White House effectively.”
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Election Day less than smooth for local voter
Eugene M. Price finally has been told his vote will count, six days after the Nov. 8 election. The 73-year-old Richmond auto mechanic said Monday he got a call from the city Voter Registrar’s Office telling him that the provisional ballot he cast was accepted and would be included in the city’s total vote after it was determined that he was properly registered to vote and that his name should have been on the voter rolls.
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Fight brewing over Richmond NAACP leadership
A leadership fight has entangled the Richmond Branch NAACP. President Lynetta Thompson is facing opposition in her bid for re-election to a second, two-year term. Her challengers are Dr. Ravi K. Perry, an associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, and James J. “J.J.” Minor, chairman of the Richmond City Democratic Committee and son of Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn.
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How did Hillary Clinton win popular vote, but lose election?
In last week’s presidential election, Republican Donald Trump won 289 Electoral College votes, more than the 270 needed for him to become the nation’s 45th president.
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Power moves
Uncertainty reigns as President-elect Trump prepares to take office
President-elect Donald Trump has jangled nerves with his unexpected Election Day victory and his appointment of a firebrand arch conservative, former Richmonder Steve Bannon, as his chief strategist.
