Hold Trump accountable
Former President Trump incited a deadly insurrection against the U.S. government, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.
Trump impeachment trial exposed ‘dirty laundry’
In former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, his lead lawyer barely concealed his client’s racism, sexism and anti-Semitism. He directed special vitriol toward Vice President Kamala Harris and House Impeachment Manager Congressman Jamie Raskin.
‘Teachers do not ‘skip’ school’
Re: “Skipping school: Data show that 40% to 60% of Rich- mond area teachers are absent from the classroom 11 or more business days a year,” Free Press Jan. 28-30 edition:
Protect Brown Grove
Scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore defines racism as “state-sanctioned and extralegal exposure of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death,” and environmental racism plays a big role in this premature death.
Black voters expect Biden to be bold, by Dr. Ron Daniels
During a campaign that was repeatedly rescued by Black voters, President Biden pledged to “Build Back Better.”
When will workers get a break?, by Julianne Malveaux
Now that the impeachment trial of the 45th president is over, perhaps our legislators can turn their attention to working people, or more accurately, those who used to work and are now not working.
Voting: A powerful tool
Our nation is in a state of disgrace because of the spineless Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
Black History Month events
A variety of events are planned in and around Richmond for Black History Month.
Musicians and arts come together for VMFA mural in RVA Community Makers 2021
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will honor five musicians in this year’s RVA Community Makers program celebrating Richmond area artists on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Former MLB pitcher Grant Jackson dies of COVID-19 complications
Grant Jackson, a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 “We Are Family” championship team, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, of complications from COVID-19. He was 78.
Aurealius Thomas, among the first Black All-Americans in college football, dies at 86
Aurealius Thomas, among the Black college football All-Americans, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. He was 86.
Darnell Rogers may be small in stature but makes big plays for Maryland-BC
Too short to play basketball? Think again.
WNBA’s Megan Walker traded to the Phoenix Mercury
Megan Walker is taking her jump shot from the Big Apple to the desert.
VUU to restart football this fall
Virginia Union University isn’t just sticking a toe in the water to start the 2021 football season.
Melvin E. Banks, whose publishing company revolutionized Bible study by incorporating positive images of Black people, dies at 86
Melvin E. Banks, whose company portraying positive images of African-Americans in the biblical experience has grown from its start in the basement of his Chicago home into the largest independent Black Christian publishing house in the United States, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. He was 86.
Televangelist Rev. Frederick K.C. ‘Fred’ Price, who built the ‘FaithDome’ in L.A. dies at 89
The Rev. Frederick K.C. “Fred” Price, the televangelist who built his Los Angeles ministry into one of the nation’s first Black megachurches, has died. He was 89.
Hundreds pay final respects to legendary actress Cicely Tyson
People traveled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay last respects to the late legendary actress Cicely Tyson at a public viewing Monday.
Lawmakers kill bill requiring officers to report wrongdoing, render aid
A Senate committee recently killed a bill intended to minimize police misconduct and incentivize accountability among law enforcement.
As death penalty opponent celebrates, vigilance continues
For Dale Brumfield, the likely abolition of the death penalty in Virginia is “a revolution in criminal justice reform.”
