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Educator Evangeline C. Brooks’ ‘unselfish life’ celebrated
Dedicated educator. Lifelong faith leader. Strong, caring mother.
Virginia honors slain players in memorial service on campus
Thousands of people joined Virginia’s football team, coaches and staff Saturday in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend.
Michael Moore got last laugh in midterm elections, by Clarence Page
When filmmaker-activist Michael Moore, a Democrat, went against the conventional wisdom that was expecting a Republican “red wave” sweeping the midterm elections, I feared he had become unmoored.
Your vote, your choice, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Our voting responsibilities ARE NOT finished! Our obligation to the ancestors requires us to engage in one more election this season. We must vote – with either our ballots or our contributions.
Personality: Haley M. McLaren
Spotlight on board president of 1708 Gallery
By leading one of the oldest artist-run galleries in the nation, Haley M. McLaren is helping to illuminate Richmond’s independent art scene.
Wes Carmack helped launch VCU’s postseason era
When Wes Carmack first took the floor for VCU in January 1977, Rams fans’ initial reaction was “Who’s He?” Second reaction was more like “wow, that new kid can really ball.”
Election reflections and red puddles, by Julianne Malveaux
To let the pollsters tell it, Democrats were going to get a “drubbing” or a “shellacking” just like the one President Obama experienced in 2010 when Dems lost 63 Congressional seats and six Senate seats. In contrast, Democrats seem to have gained one Senate seat, and the Georgia runoff may push the number up to two.
Beyoncé ties Grammy record after leading nominations with 9
Beyoncé has propelled herself into the highest Grammy echelon: The star singer claimed a leading nine nominations Tuesday, making her tied — with her husband Jay-Z — as the most nominated music act in the history of the awards show.
Healing through humor
Every year millions of children are exposed to family and domestic violence in the United States. Domestic violence affects both physical and mental health, leaving emotional scars that have long-lasting effects on those who experience it directly and those who bear witness to it.
Personality: John Michael Joyce
Spotlight on president of the Richmond branch of the ToolBank network
For the last four years, John Michael Joyce has been a helping hand for the many community services in Richmond.
Entrepreneurs host ‘Wakanda Weekend’ to support ‘Black Panther’ sequel, showcase Black excellence
Marvel Comics fans everywhere fell in love with “Black Panther,” the 2018 superhero film based on the character of the same name.
Richmond Community High School graduate receives national scholarship
Morghan Williams, a Richmond Community High School graduate who is a first-year student at North Carolina A&T, is one of 25 students in the United States to be awarded $10,000 through the Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarships for High School Seniors.
Black excellence needed again in baseball, by David W. Marshall
The Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros competition in the recent 2022 World Series was the first time since 1950 that there was not a single American-born Black player on either team’s 26-person roster.
Birds of a feather flock together
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s true beliefs and positions are infamously hard to pin down. After all, Gov. Youngkin’s ability to say one thing while dog-whistling another is what got him elected governor of Virginia. For those of us interested in uncovering what Gov. Youngkin really stands for, this means we must look to the people with whom he chooses to endorse.
Author reaches back to family roots for children’s book
The Great Migration was an exodus of 6 million African-Americans from the rural South to the North and the West between 1910 and 1970. Desiree Cooper’s parents were children of the Great Depression, and her family was among those who relocated to leave the trauma of the Jim Crow South.
Reaching the peak
Robert Dortch’s pilgrimage to Mount Kilimanjaro
Richmonder Robert Dortch Jr. is a man of faith. So he was pleased to learn that his guide up Mount Kilimanjaro was named Emmanuel. In the Bible, Emmanuel means “God with us.”
Personality: Dr. Lester D. Frye
Spotlight on president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity
In a time of adjustment and reinvention for communities as a whole, Lester Frye is working to guide both toward a better future.
Get out and vote
The midterm election cycle hasn’t generated much buzz in Richmond. While a few registration and get-out-the vote drives have occurred, the hubbub of activity usually associated with election-year cycles has been absent.
Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, rep says
The rapper Takeoff, best known for his work with the Grammy-nominated trio Migos, is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling al- ley in Houston, a representative confirmed. He was 28. Kirsnick Khari Ball, known as Takeoff, was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset. A representative for members of Migos who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Police responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shoot- ing at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the third-floor bowling alley, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived. An AP reporter at the scene observed a body loaded into a medical examiner’s van around 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the shooting. Security guards who were in the area heard the shooting but did not see who did it, a police spokesperson said. Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles. No arrests have been an- nounced and few details were released about what led up to the shooting, but Houston po- lice planned a news conference
Personality: Laura Coleman
Spotlight on board president of the Next Move Program
Laura Coleman knows firsthand the challenges of managing a disability, and the need for a world that fully embraces and empowers those who live with disabilities.
