Barely had we absorbed the anger, shock and sorrow that gripped us following the Tops Friendly Markets store massacre in Buffalo, N.Y., before we heard the horrifying news that another mass shooting had occurred in Uvalde, Texas.

In 2002, only about half of students in Richmond Public Schools rated as proficient in reading and math.

Every story has an end.

Each year at this time, all good children — no matter their age — pause and figure out the perfect gift to give mom.

Since the beginning of our species, it has been the responsibility of the female to care for the unborn, the newborn and the young. After millions of years, women have gotten us this far.

Virginians — and all Americans — need to wake up when it comes to the assault on Black history and truth-telling.

We call our readers’ attention to 4/20 — World Weed Day — and efforts toward equal and restorative justice for Black and brown communities that for decades have borne the brunt of the national “War on Drugs.”

During this season of rebirth...

We pause this week to reflect on the light and lessons shared with this country and the world by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We call on members of the Richmond School Board and Richmond City Council to end this ridiculous impasse that threatens to tank the sorely needed replacement of the dilapidated George Wythe High School in South Side.

We send hearty congratulations to new University of Richmond President Kevin F. Hallock for the bold actions taken last week by the university’s Board of Trustees to remove the names of slaveholders and segregationists from six campus buildings.

In case you missed them, the televised confirmation hearings for nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court are a study of extraordinary class in the face of arrogance, sexism, white privilege, homophobia and, yes, racism — everything …

It has no teeth.

Our nation is marking the start of the third year living with COVID-19.

The price of liberty is high.