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Harris pushes for labor reforms, union support, by Julianne Malveaux

In an election year, Labor Day kicks off the official campaign season, and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked hers off with a bang.

Our nation’s symbols belong to all Americans, by Clarence Page

If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last.

The figures who helped shape Vice President Harris, by Ben Jealous

When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in 2021, she swore her oath of office on two Bibles.

Youngkin panders about nonexistent voting by noncitizens, by Roger Chelsey

When it comes to hyping phantom voter fraud – most recently by noncitizens reputedly casting ballots in presidential contests, which is already illegal – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin keeps playing lapdog to Donald Trump. The former president’s lies about the …

Old normal

For many of us, things have returned to a sense of normalcy since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.

Unbalanced

It needs to be said – the Republican nominee isn’t being treated fairly by the mainstream media. I think he might agree with that notion, but it’s becoming more and more difficult to predict what the 78-year-old convicted felon might …

Human cost of restricting abortion access, by David W. Marshall

During the crack epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s, children exposed to crack cocaine be- fore birth were often referred to as “crack babies.”

Dems embrace ‘positive masculinity’, by Clarence Page

In case you somehow haven’t noticed, manhood is on the ballot. Even before President Biden stepped aside to let Vice Presi- dent Kamala Harris step up to be the Democrats’ presiden- tial nominee, insiders from both parties were calling this …

Standing firm: Protecting reproductive rights in Richmond, by Harrison Roday

The race for mayor will be filled with critical discussions on many topics: our public schools, neighborhood safety, economic opportunity, the functioning of City Hall and transportation, to name a few. But those issues will be accompanied by some new …

Building memories and literacy with your grandchildren, by Kristen J. Amundson

It has been 40 years since I last read Dr. Seuss’ “The Foot Book” aloud, but I can still recite it, nearly word for word. That’s because I read it an estimated 83,492 times during my daughter’s earliest years.

John Lewis Act aims to reinvigorate Voting Rights Act, by Marc H. Morial

Last week in Chicago, the National Urban League joined with the Brennan Center and Democracy SENTRY for a conversation on voting rights.

School conditioning

Kudos to the Richmond Public Schools administration for securing a grant to address the problem of sending some of our children to schools that may be older than their grandparents. A large part of creating an environment conducive to instruction …

Debate duck

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said recently that his former boss, the previous president, needs the support of a team of competent professionals, as he is susceptible to manipulation.

Missing

Have you seen this bench?

Dems’, energy, enthusiasm, exuberance, by Julianne Malveaux

The Democratic National Convention, held Aug. 19 through 22, was, among other things, an occasion of joy.