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Brenda Peters stands outside her Henrico County home where, without notice, utility crews or contactors installed new lines but left tubing and other debris behind “for weeks,” she said. “It was a mess.”

Brenda Peters stands outside her Henrico County home where, without notice, utility crews or contactors installed new lines but left tubing and other debris behind …

Published on June 30, 2022

The Rev. Monica Esparza stands on land at the Hickory Hill Community Center where the Fire Department wanted to build a new fire training facility. She is among the opponents who want to keep the space green and undisturbed.

The Rev. Monica Esparza stands on land at the Hickory Hill Community Center where the Fire Department wanted to build a new fire training facility. …

Published on April 6, 2023

The Rev. Monica Esparza stands on land at Hickory Hill Community Center where the city Fire Department wants to build a new fire training facility. She is among the opponents who want to keep the space green and undisturbed.

The Rev. Monica Esparza stands on land at Hickory Hill Community Center where the city Fire Department wants to build a new fire training facility. …

Published on March 30, 2023

Chyna-Marie Johnson, a rising eighth-grader at John Rolfe Middle School, sometimes comes up with her anti-bullying raps while playing on the trampoline.

Chyna-Marie Johnson, a rising eighth-grader at John Rolfe Middle School, sometimes comes up with her anti-bullying raps while playing on the trampoline.

Published on August 19, 2021

Painting contractor William Bullock looks over documents from the River City Middle School project in his office on Hull Street.

Painting contractor William Bullock looks over documents from the River City Middle School project in his office on Hull Street.

Published on June 3, 2021

in this January 2020 photo, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Ruvondai N. Brown, left, assists Rhonda L. Sneed in laying out supplies for residents of “Camp Cathy,” a homeless tent city on Oliver Hill Way. Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney had the camp torn down. Ms. Sneed, founder and executive director of Blessing Warriors, a nonprofit that provides food and clothing to the unsheltered, has been outspoken in her criticism of the city’s effort, saying that Richmond treats stray animals better than unsheltered humans. She believes that the best way to ensure sufficient shelter would be for the city to allow her to install a tent city akin to the Camp Cathy.

in this January 2020 photo, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Ruvondai N. Brown, left, assists Rhonda L. Sneed in laying out supplies for residents …

Published on July 21, 2022

“I have been prevented from being in my children’s lives,” said Tina D. Woodson of Hanover County. Ms. Woodson holds her youngest child, whom the Hanover County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court allowed to remain with her, but not her other three children. “It’s unbelievable.”

“I have been prevented from being in my children’s lives,” said Tina D. Woodson of Hanover County. Ms. Woodson holds her youngest child, whom the …

Published on December 28, 2023

Whitney Smith of Richmond, one of the 60 people who attended the rally, chose a copy of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” as the banned book she planned to read. We The People for Education, which backs Virginia candidates who are pro-public schools, hosted the bookmobile’s visit.

Whitney Smith of Richmond, one of the 60 people who attended the rally, chose a copy of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” as the banned …

Published on July 20, 2023

Jamisha Seward says she was held in the emergency room of a Henrico County hospital for more than three days last September. A new state law allows a person to be released sooner than three days if an evaluation shows the individual is no longer a threat, suicidal and no longer needs hospitalization.

Jamisha Seward says she was held in the emergency room of a Henrico County hospital for more than three days last September. A new state …

Published on August 10, 2023

Dr. Joanne Harris Lucas proudly stands beside a bust of her late father and Virginia civil rights leader, the Rev. Curtis W. Harris Sr., which was unveiled Saturday in front of Hopewell City Hall, where he served for 26 years on the city council and for two years as the city’s first Black mayor. The unveiling comes six years after his death in December 2017. He was arrested 13 times in leading protests against segregation in Hopewell and other parts of the state and led the Hopewell Branch NAACP and the Virginia Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for more than 20 years. During his 46 years as pastor of Union Baptist Church in Hopewell and during his tenure on council, he fought for environmental justice and opposed Hopewell commercial developments that impacted Black and poor people in the city.

Dr. Joanne Harris Lucas proudly stands beside a bust of her late father and Virginia civil rights leader, the Rev. Curtis W. Harris Sr., which …

Published on December 7, 2023