Virginia Union University’s 2024 undergraduate Valedictorian Brittani Martin, left, a bachelor of social work recipient from Potomac, Md., chats with her 2-year-old cousin Ariella Gleaton. …

Published on May 16, 2024

(Former) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, conducts the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan on Capitol Hill, as her husband and children look on.

Published on March 14, 2024

The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia hosted its 11th MLK Community Day: A Teen Inspired Event on Monday, Jan. 15. This year’s …

Published on January 18, 2024

Newly elected Speaker of the House Don L. Scott (D-88th District) is sworn in on the first day of the 2024 session of the Virginia …

Published on January 11, 2024

Helen Scott, mother of Speaker Scott, listens as he is nominated to be the speaker of the House of Delegates by fellow Delegate Luke Torian …

Published on January 11, 2024

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, center, delivers his State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly as Virginia Lt. …

Published on January 11, 2024

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, joins the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan on Capitol Hill on March 7.

Published on December 28, 2023

People line up as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, to receive numbers that allow them to shop at the Meadowbridge Community Market …

Published on November 22, 2023

Delegate Don L. Scott Jr., center, celebrates wins by the Democrats. The Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader is poised to be the first Black …

Published on November 9, 2023

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks Tuesday after he was chosen as the nominee for House speaker at a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in …

Published on October 26, 2023

Dr. Gary Banks, pastor of Ephesus Richmond Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and other church leaders realized the need to invest more in virtual broadcast services after …

Published on October 26, 2023

The free discussion, “Safe Spaces for Black Men,” at VSU on Sept. 22 also included a special focus on African-American men and mental health as …

Published on September 28, 2023

The political advocacy group MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile made a stop at Richmond’s Main Public Library in Downtown during its trips around the country. The bookmobile …

Published on July 20, 2023

Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph June 2 at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago …

Published on June 8, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at a news conference Wednesday after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington. The bill …

Published on June 1, 2023

Protesters of Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers March 29 during a rally on the lawn of the …

Published on April 27, 2023

Charis Harrell, 16, a junior at Midlothian High School, left, and James Rioux 16, a junior at Clover Hill High School in Midlothian listen to …

Published on March 23, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, speaks during a ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan on Capitol Hill, as her 12-year-old son, Jackson Mills, holds …

Published on March 9, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, right, leads Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan into a room on Capitol Hill for the ceremonial swearing-in filled with news photographers to …

Published on March 9, 2023

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Published on February 23, 2023