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All workers need paid sick days, by Sarah Milston
In Virginia, we currently have no law requiring employers to offer paid sick days for their workers. This means that working Virginians aren’t guaranteed the right to earn paid time off based on the hours they work.
Harvard elects first Black male student body leader
A 20-year-old from Mississippi has be- come the first Black man elected student body president at Harvard.
Working at ground zero
VCU Medical center’s Jade Jones knows the joy and pain wrapped into caring for COVID-19 patients as a respiratory ICU nurse
Jade Jones is living her life’s dream — in the midst of a deadly national nightmare.
City Council receives bids from 22 who want Confederate statues
To donate or not to donate? That is the question Richmond City Council may face when it comes to disposing of most of the city-owned Confederate statues.
Pressure mounts on city voter registrar to resign or be fired
J. Kirk Showalter continues to lead the voter registration operation in Richmond, just as she has for 25 years.
Personality: Dr. Abraham Teklu
Spotlight on chairman of Richmond Ethiopian Community Services
Dr. Abraham Teklu, a geriatric physician and chairman of Richmond Ethiopian Community Services, is intent on doing his part to help both his local and international kinsmen get through the COVID-19 crisis.
Power, resistance and spiritual beliefs all told in Richmond cemeteries
To Dr. Ryan K. Smith, cemeteries are ideal places to learn about the past and present of a community.
Coach Willard Bailey reaches mountaintop – Black College Football Hall of Fame
An old sports writer phoned Coach Willard Bailey last week to interview the winningest football coach in the CIAA about being selected for the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
Richmond family grateful through Thanksgiving changes
Thanksgiving 2020 will be very different for the Shaw family, like many others across the Commonwealth and the nation.
Pope Francis lauds NBA players
Pope Francis met with NBA players at the Vatican on Monday, lauding them as “champions” and saying he supported their work on social justice.
Conference-only games for VUU men’s basketball
Because of the pandemic, Virginia Union University will be playing a conference-only men’s basketball schedule this season.
Howard snags another top high school player
Howard University has struck gold again on the basketball recruiting front.
NSU Spartans to hit the boards with local talent
Norfolk State University’s basketball Spartans will have a strong Richmond area influence during the upcoming season.
Tomlin is winningest Black coach in NFL records
Make room at the top. A native Virginian is now No. 1 on the all-time list of NFL Black head coaches.
Tiger Woods and son to play in tournament
When Tiger Woods tees off for the PNC Cham- pionships next month, he will have an interesting playing partner — his 11-year-old son, Charlie.
Malcolm X bio wins National Book Award
Tamara Payne and her late father Les Payne’s Malcolm X biography, “The Dead Are Arising,” has won the National Book Award for nonfiction.
Obstacles in working toward racial equity, by Julianne Malveaux
President-elect Joe Biden has included working toward racial equity in his administration’s agenda, outlining how he will expand opportunities for Black folk and other people of color. Specifically, his Build Back Better document includes a 20-page report titled, “The Biden Plan to Build Back Better by Advancing Racial Equity Across the American Economy.” It is a comprehensive blueprint, highlighting several potential programs.
Grateful even in 2020, by Ben Jealous
This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving.
Celebrating Indigenous People
Dr. Walter Plecker, a physician, was the first registrar of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, serving from 1912 to 1946. As a leader of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America, a white supremacist organization founded in Richmond, Dr. Plecker was a staunch promoter of eugenics. He commissioned Virginia’s “Act to Preserve Integrity” (1924 to 1967), which separated Virginia’s citizens into two simplified racial categories: White and Colored.
Help for soon-to-be and new moms
Seven years ago in November 2013, I experienced a major turning point in my life. I had just given birth to beautiful boy/girl twins in July. I was a stay-at-home mom and my husband and I were temporarily living with my parents as we got adjusted to our new life.
