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Healing through humor
Every year millions of children are exposed to family and domestic violence in the United States. Domestic violence affects both physical and mental health, leaving emotional scars that have long-lasting effects on those who experience it directly and those who bear witness to it.
‘We can no longer remain silent’
Coalition wants Bon Secours to increase investments in area’s poor communities
Sparked by a New York Times expose, a new coalition hopes to rally the East End community to pressure nonprofit Bon Secours Mercy Health to rebuild critical care services at Richmond Community Hospital and better meet the health needs of low-income communities.
Trailblazer
Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper’s actions spurred City’s full school desegregation
Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper, who helped end Richmond and Virginia’s determined efforts in the 1950s to maintain racially segregated public schools, has died.
Personality: John Michael Joyce
Spotlight on president of the Richmond branch of the ToolBank network
For the last four years, John Michael Joyce has been a helping hand for the many community services in Richmond.
Black excellence needed again in baseball, by David W. Marshall
The Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros competition in the recent 2022 World Series was the first time since 1950 that there was not a single American-born Black player on either team’s 26-person roster.
Personality: Dr. Lester D. Frye
Spotlight on president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity
In a time of adjustment and reinvention for communities as a whole, Lester Frye is working to guide both toward a better future.
Four RPS teachers receive 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence
Richmond Public Schools, along with The Community Foundation and the R.E.B. Foundation, has announced four schoolteachers as winners of the 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence.
Henrico County’s leaf collection starts Nov. 7
Henrico County will begin providing annual leaf collection services starting Monday, Nov. 7, with both free and paid options available for county residents.
Atwater ghost haunts midterm elections, by Marc H. Morial
“It is not new to see antisemitism or overt racism in politics. What is new is after years ... in which it was clear that to be credible in public life politicians had to reject prejudice, it’s now been normalized in ways that are really quite breathtaking.” — ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
Reunion planned for RPS’ 1972 high school graduates
Fifty years ago, thousands of Richmond students were daily boarding school buses to carry out a federal court order to integrate the city’s public schools.
‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them’, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
In this campaign season, I am reminded of the fable of the scorpion and the frog.
Operation Bold Blue Line
Youngkin plans to reduce homicides, shootings with more police, higher pay
What’s the solution to the spate of shootings and violence that appears to be on the upswing in Richmond and across the state?
Gilpin Court community to undergo major change
The city’s housing authority has begun a search for a master developer to transform Gilpin Court.
How will race impact pardons for marijuana possession?
President Biden has signed an executive order pardoning thousands of Americans who have been federally convicted for a “simple” marijuana possession charge prior to Oct. 6.
Ye to buy conservative social media platform Parler
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts.
Alabama’s defense of racially-gerrymandered districts defies logic, by Marc H. Morial
In its zeal to defend the racially discriminatory congressional districts state legislators created to dilute the political participation of their Black constituents, Alabama is making a mockery of the Constitution.
