The Obama legacy
“May you live in interesting times.” This adage, attributed tenuously to the Chinese, bespeaks a preference for order over change. We now live in interesting times and Americans are hungering for change. Yet, surprisingly, President Obama enjoys increasing popularity as he heads into the final days of his presidency.
A national nightmare
We awakened to a nightmare Wednesday morning with news that Republican Donald Trump, the racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic, anti-black, anti-Latino, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, vulgar candidate for president, actually won. His election initially caused global turmoil, with financial markets in the U.S. and abroad reeling. Dow stock futures nosedived 800 points Tuesday night before recovering.
Fresh face at City Hall
We congratulate Richmond’s next mayor, Levar Stoney, the former state secretary of the commonwealth who was instrumental in helping shepherd Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s effort to restore the voting rights to felons in Virginia who had served their time.
VCU’s Wilder School to honor 6 at Nov. 30 luncheon
The L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University will host its 12th Annual Excellence in Virginia Government Awards during a luncheon ceremony noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Richmond Marriott in Downtown.
Petersburg strains to keep operating with shrunken workforce
During her eight-month stint as Petersburg’s interim city manager, Dironna Moore Belton had a simple solution to handling the bills the city had no money to pay.
39th Annual Richmond Marathon runs on Saturday
The 39th Annual Anthem Richmond Marathon is Saturday, Nov. 12. The race could boil down to this: Benjamin Zywicki vs. the East Africans.
VSU topples VUU Panthers 48-21
Virginia State University zoomed across the finish line of the 2016 football season as if powered by rocket fuel. By contrast, Virginia Union University appeared to be running on fumes as it sputtered to the end.
VSU in last-minute matchup Saturday against Tuskegee
It doesn’t get much better than this. If Virginia State University’s basketball forecast were any brighter, you’d need a visor and wrap-around shades to read this preview.
VSU beats NSU in double-overtime exhibition game
It was just an exhibition game, but Virginia State University, an NCAA Division II team, flexed its muscles against Norfolk State University, a Division I team, on Saturday, Nov. 5, in Ettrick.
Trojans picked to dominate CIAA basketball
It doesn’t get much better than this. If Virginia State University’s basketball forecast were any brighter, you’d need a visor and wrap-around shades to read this preview.
VUU hoping for hoops wins
Virginia Union University ranks with the nation’s most improved basketball programs over the last two years. And there are signs the upswing will continue.
Bishop Hunt to celebrate 45th anniversary Nov.13
Refuge Temple Assembly of Yahweh Yahoshua the Messiah is celebrating the 45th anniversary of its pastor, Bishop Milton J. Hunt.
Charleston ‘on eggshells’ with 2 racially charged trials
Trials in two South Carolina shootings that rocked the country last year and raised questions about race in America started last week, putting the city of Charleston on edge as the community awaits the testimony and jury decisions.
Miss. church torched, vandalized with Trump graffiti receives support
Two days after a black Mississippi church was torched and marked with “Vote Trump” graffiti, more than $180,000 has been raised to repair it.
D.C. approves ‘Death with Dignity Act’
The City Council in the nation’s capital has overwhelmingly voted for a bill that would allow terminally ill people a medically assisted death.
Personality: Johnnie E. Hagans
Spotlight on president of Military Retirees Club Inc.
Johnnie E. Hagans says joining the military was the biggest chance he ever took. And he’s glad he did. He urges young people to consider the military as an option.
‘Right person at right time to do the job’
In an election season where “stronger together” resounded among Democrats nationally, Richmond mayoral front-runners Jack Berry and Joe Morrissey and their supporters congregated on Election Night in diametrically opposing spaces.
A. Donald McEachin now headed to Congress
Henrico state Sen. A. Donald McEachin soon will be heading to Washington. The 55-year-old attorney who carried the Democratic banner claimed the revamped 4th Congressional District seat Tuesday to cap a hard-fought contest with his Republican rival, veteran Henrico County Sheriff Michael L. Wade. Sen. McEachin’s victory will change the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, which now will have four Democrats and seven Republicans. It also will trigger competition to fill his state Senate seat.
4 new faces to join 5 incumbents on Richmond City Council
The five veterans on Richmond City Council will have four new colleagues in dealing with the plans and initiatives of the new mayor.
