Duncan and his own advice
We are not surprised that Damon E. Duncan, chief executive officer of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, decided to pack it in and resign after less than a year on the job.
Can we handle the truth about coronavirus? By Glenn Ellis
Don’t you already know everything you need to know about coronavirus? What else is there for you to know that you haven’t already heard, you ask?
Billions for Boeing; pennies for people, by Julianne Malveaux
The development of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package was extremely flawed.
Where’s Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax?
During the last week or more, I keep getting this same question: “Where is our lieutenant governor?”
Gun control measures won’t make our communities safer
A question to the members of the Richmond area delegation to the General Assembly, specifically Delegates Dawn Adams, Lamont Bagby, Jeffrey Bourne, Betsy Carr and Delores McQuinn and Sens. Jennifer McClellan and Joseph Morrissey:
Choose wisely
The worst of times can bring out the best in people.
Opportunity in crisis by Marc H. Morial
“Far too many African-Americans still struggle to lead healthy and economically secure lives. This is due to the long-standing effects of racism, which touches all African- Americans regardless of socioeconomic status. These effects can be reversed, but it will take …
Do your job, FDA by Dr. Marilyn M. Singleton
While on lockdown to save our neighbors from a lonely death from the disease called COVID-19, many of us have turned to movies. I beg you not to rent “Pandemic,” “Contagion” or “28 Days Later.” Try “Harriet” instead. Harriet Tubman …
General Assembly's criminal justice reform just the first step
Bishop Desmond Tutu once said, “There is only one way to eat an elephant: One bite at a time.”
Personal health guidelines are good for many 'nasty bugs'
School closings, sporting event cancellations, food hoarding. We live in a new coronavirus-induced world. Yet some personal health facts remain unchanged.
Kudos to Rep. Spanberger and others for standing up for environmental protections
Even as the Trump administration continues its reckless push to dismantle important environmental safeguards that protect public health, members of Virginia’s congressional delegation continue to stand up for clean air, clean water and public lands.
Unusual, extraordinary times
This edition of the Richmond Free Press is a labor of commitment and care.
Out with the status quo by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
As America muddles its way through these perilous times, too many in the African-American community appear to be more confused than ever.
March Madness to Miserable May? by Julianne Malveaux
Basketball fans were looking forward to March Madness, those weeks when the best college teams face off against each other. Madness is replete this March, but it isn’t on the basketball courts.
We jeopardize our freedoms when we take them for granted by Ken Woodley
Delivering newspapers as a boy growing up in Richmond during the late 1960s and early ’70s, headlines and stories flew from my right hand onto front porch steps and stoops.
