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U.S. district judge to rule on whether NAACP lawsuit against Hanover School Board will proceed

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne is maintaining the suspense about the future of a federal lawsuit launched by the Hanover County Branch NAACP seeking to change the names of two schools named for Confederate leaders who fought to maintain slavery.

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New book asks: What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU?

It all began with a post on Twitter. It was 2020 during the height of the pandemic and LaDarrion Williams was thinking about the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre. He proposed: “What if Harry Potter went to an HBCU in the South?”

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Black vendors hoping for bigger score at NFL camp

The owners of Big Herm’s Kitchen and Croaker’s Spot — two popular local black-owned eateries — hope fans will bring a hardier appetite to the Washington professional football team’s training camp than they did to last year’s.

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Down again: Student achievement drops again for Richmond Public Schools, according to 2018-19 SOL test results

Richmond Public Schools student achievement continues to decline, according to state Standards of Learning test results released this week by the Virginia Department of Education.

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Election redux

If nothing else, last week’s elections showed us that change is coming.

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COVID-19 brings adjustments to area colleges

Richmond area colleges and universities plan to step up sanitation measures and reduce campus populations by turning to more online classes in dealing with coronavirus as the fall semester begins.

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UR discussion seeks healing from history

Amid a growing controversy over the names of buildings on the University of Richmond campus, college associates joined students and a national and local audience Tuesday night in an online discussion on how to approach Confederate memorials, the history they represent and healing from that history.

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Still standing:

The battle over who gets A.P. Hill statue remains undecided

A legal fight is slowing City Hall’s efforts to remove the last remaining statue of a slavery-defending Confederate military leader.

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Lawmakers opt for study over elimination of jail, prison fees

Incarcerated people and their loved ones will continue to pay fees that advocates and some lawmakers say are too stiff.

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In affirmative action and student loan cases, some see backlash to racial progress in education

As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from economically disadvantaged backgrounds when she was admitted over a decade ago to the University of Rochester.

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Woodland Cemetery sale completed to nonprofit Evergreen Restoration Foundation

A new owner has taken over the 104-year-old Woodland Cemetery, the final resting place of tennis great and humanitarian Arthur R. Ashe Jr., celebrated Richmond pastor John Jasper of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and thousands of others.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Exceptional? Data tell the story, by Lee H. Hamilton

Like most Americans, I have always considered the United States an exceptional country.

Sister power making a difference

I cannot count the times I have heard that black women don’t support each other. ... Black women know that all anybody has to do is tell us what we can’t do and the game is on!

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NSU to wrangle the Howard Bisons Nov. 10 at Dick Price Stadium

Norfolk State University has lost four straight football games and more trouble is on the way. The Spartans’ next assignment will be to tangle with MEAC’s leading passer, Howard University’s Caylin Newton, brother of NFL star Cam Newton.

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Fort Lee barbers win strike for full pay

Unionized barbers at Fort Lee and Fort Pickett are again providing military haircuts after winning a prolonged strike that began in July.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to buy NFL team?

Could the “emperor of hip-hop” be preparing to inject some color into the whites-only ranks of NFL football team owners?

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Richmond’s evolving restaurant scene sprawls out to the suburbs

The owner of Tarrant’s Cafe in Downtown Richmond is a 20-year veteran of the city’s food scene. She started out waiting tables – now she owns four Richmond area restaurants and is the CEO of RVA Hospitality.