‘Ray Boone ... rolling in his grave’
Re Editorial “Disturbing,” Free Press June 25-27 edition:
Connection between shootings and removal of statues?
I see a lot of shooting and killing these days.
Ordinary people loved Rep. John Lewis, too
Re “Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the Civil Rights Movement and ‘conscience of Congress,’ dies at 80,” Free Press July 23-25 edition:
Unemployed can count mail-in ballots
Unemployed workers could provide the extra manpower needed to ensure a trouble-free election in November.
No going back
Confederates don’t go easy.
Evictions will deepen U.S. economic crisis, by Marc H. Morial
“The issue of inability to pay, poverty and unemployment – that existed pre-COVID-19. The difference between now and then is that the pandemic has shifted the line of poverty. There are more people at risk than before.”— Attorney Raphael Ramos …
One more reason to vote, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
By the time you read this, it no longer will be breaking news that one of the cancers that has plagued U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has returned.
Make people the priority with city investment
Re “Slave memorial and museum gets jumpstart under mayor’s plan,” Free Press July 30-Aug. 1 edition:
Protect gun rights in upcoming General Assembly session
Democratic members of the Virginia General Assembly do not want honest, law-abiding African-Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights to own a firearm.
Cut out stimulus checks, reduce taxes
I feel betrayed because of the stimulus check I received.
Yes to removing RSOs
Never underestimate the power of students.
Restore the Voting Rights Act, by Marc H. Morial
“Although the court did not deny that voter discrimination still exists, it gutted the most powerful tool this nation has ever had to stop discriminatory voting practices from becoming law. Those justices were never beaten or jailed for trying to …
There’s no question, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Jane Elliott said, “If we didn’t have all those years when Black lives didn’t matter, we wouldn’t have to have a Black Lives Matter movement now.”
Inequality and injustice must end
The most recent acts of evil that brought about innocent deaths of Black people due to police brutality and white racism compel the faculty of School of Theology at Virginia Union University, or STVU, to condemn these acts in the …
Policing and COVID-19: A dangerous combination
As protests in Richmond continue to draw attention to decades of overpolicing, it has become abundantly clear that the status quo cannot hold. Richmond is a city with deeply entrenched segregation and brutal poverty alongside glittering new developments. Recent police …
