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Fair and equal representation needed among food vendors at NFL team training camp
Letters to the Editor
Re “Washington Football playing again at Richmond camp in July,” Free Press June 10-12 edition: It was announced that the Washington Football Team will open training camp from July 27 through 31 here in Richmond.
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A shot at some swag
Rewards to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Want tickets to the Super Bowl? An all-expenses-paid cruise through the Caribbean? A check for thousands of dollars?
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Personality: Keya D. Wingfield
Spotlight on winner of the Food Network’s 2021 Spring Baking Championship
From the confines of her home to the heights of national television, Keya Desai Wingfield is making waves in the world of cooking.
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Pressure mounts on UNC in Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure dispute
The pressure on trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to grant tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones continued to mount last week as a major funding partner joined the call to change her status and a sought-after chemistry professor decided not to join the faculty over the dispute.
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Colette W. McEachin wins decisive victory over primary challenger for commonwealth’s attorney
The race for Richmond’s next commonwealth’s attorney ended late Tuesday evening, as incumbent Colette W. McEachin emerged victorious against a Democratic primary challenge from attorney Thomas P. Barbour Jr.
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Meghan and Harry welcome second child, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, welcomed their second child Friday, June 4, with the birth of a healthy girl, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
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’I have lived through the massacre every day’
She was just 7 years old when the white mob stormed through her neighborhood, killing every man they could find, raping defenseless women and burning to the ground virtually every building in a 35-block area.
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Personality: Tyrone E. Dickerson
Spotlight on recipient of the Ruth Coles Harris Advancing Diversity and Inclusion Award
In the world of number crunching and accounting, Tyrone E. Dickerson stands out. And he’s working to create a more equitable place for others like him.
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Wilberforce forgives graduates’ debt
Wilberforce University graduates had another reason to celebrate after an announcement at last Saturday’s commencement for the Classes of 2020 and 2021.
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Richmond native rapper Brax lives on in mural to be unveiled
A new mural will be unveiled this weekend in North Side celebrating Braxton Trenae Baker, a Richmond-born rapper who performed as Brax and made a major splash on social media before her death last year at age 21.
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Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from French Open highlights mental health, expectations of athletes
The world’s No. 2-ranked tennis player shined a light on mental health awareness and the sports world when Naomi Osaka stunningly withdrew Monday from the French Open after boycotting a post-match news conference, explaining she has been suffering from depression for almost three years.
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Racial justice and democratically governed schools, by Kenya J. Gibson
I am writing in response to a letter the Richmond School Board received this spring from the Virginia Department of Education regarding the body’s ability to effectively govern. It is a letter that I believe should concern us all.
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People pause to honor George Floyd on anniversary of his death
A family friendly street festival, musical performances and moments of silence were held Tuesday to honor George Floyd and mark the year since he died at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, a death captured on wrenching bystander video that galvanized a global racial justice movement and continues to bring calls for change.
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Black-owned businesses look back, ahead during pandemic
Michelle R. Mosby rang in the 20th anniversary of her business, International Hair Salon, on April 1 with a small group of employees and supporters in a spirited, but safe celebration at the salon on Forest Hill Avenue in South Side.
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Pioneering comic Paul Mooney dies at 79
Paul Mooney, the boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose bold, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, died Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at his home in Oakland, Calif., of a heart attack. He was 79.
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Josiah Harrison’s skills add up to a promising future in baseball
According to baseball math, power plus speed equals Josiah Harrison.
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Poor People’s Campaign, lawmakers unveil sweeping resolution to tackle poverty
Lawmakers and leaders of the faith-based Poor People’s Campaign unveiled a sweeping new resolution on May 20 designed to eradicate poverty in the United States, with activists touting it as a broad-based legislative framework that hopes to do for poverty what the Green New Deal proposes to do for environmental issues.
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Biles makes history in return to competition at U.S. Classic
Time on her hands and a world-class gym at her disposal after the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Simone Biles started experimenting almost as a way to stave off the monotony of training.
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Drake most decorated winner in Billboard Music Awards history
It was a family affair at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday. Pink twirled in the air in a powerful performance with her 9-year-old daugh- ter, Willow Sage Hart, and Drake was named artist of the decade, accepting the honor as he held his fussy 3-year-old son, Adonis Graham.
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The ‘Groundhog Day’ effect, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
I have always been amazed by the immediate, long-lasting impact of the media on cultural/ current events.
