Business grants announced for East End
Eleven businesses in Richmond’s East End are the latest recipients of supportive grants from a nonprofit development program, it has been announced.
Tiger Woods, Nike end partnership after more than 27 years
Tiger Woods has gone from “Hello, world,” to saying goodbye to Nike.
Patients endure longer waits for ambulances
Virtually every day, ambulances are stacked up at Richmond-area hospitals with paramedics waiting to get the people they have transported admitted to the hospital so they can return to service.
JMI, VSU summit dips into global issues
Best-selling author Bakari Sellers, former Google exec Jewel Burks-Solomon among speakers
Bakari Sellers’ 2020 memoir “My Vanishing Country,” is filled with delicious morsels that stay with readers long after they’ve been digested.
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Don Scott makes history as Virginia Legislature opens; Youngkin calls for bipartisan progress
A remade Virginia General Assembly convened its 2024 session Wednesday with a Democratic majority newly in charge of both chambers after a consequential election cycle that followed two years of divided control of the Legislature.
Secrecy over defense secretary’s hospitalization has White House defensive
President Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth and transparency to the federal government — but now it’s facing a maelstrom of criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization was kept secret for days, even from the White House.
Biden calls out ‘poison’ of white supremacy in address at Mother Emanuel in S.C.
President Biden, taking his 2024 re-election campaign to South Carolina, denounced the white supremacy that he said led to deadly violence at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church almost nine years ago.
MLK DAY 2024
In observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 15, please note the following:
Fla. A&M’s Simmons going to Duke
For the second straight season, the SWAC football Coach of the Year is changing addresses.
Movie review: ‘The Color Purple’ is a stirring big-screen musical powered by its spectacular cast
Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule’s stirring “The Color Purple,” adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway production.
President Biden, House members among mourners for former Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Members of Congress joined mourners in Dallas on Tuesday to remember former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a day after President Joe Biden came to Texas to pay his respects to the trailblazing congresswoman.
Dr. Bernice King says wars, gun violence, racism have pushed humanity to the brink
Citing gun violence in the U.S., the deaths of families in Ukraine and Gaza from war, and threats from artificial intelligence, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said last Thursday that the world urgently needs to study and adopt her father’s philosophy of nonviolence to avoid self-destruction.
The Hilton honors renowned Richmond minister
A nearly 120-year-old sculpture of one of Richmond’s storied Black religious leaders is available for public viewing in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Richmond.
City plans to add shelter space
City Hall is moving forward to acquire a 57,000-square-foot office-warehouse at 10 W. Belt Blvd. in South Side to expand shelter capacity for the homeless.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Once forbidden history offers hope, by Ben Jealous
Even Ron DeSantis had to admit, when pressed at a CNN town hall, Jan. 6 was a bad day for America. Invariably, following this past week’s anniversary of the insurrection, we’re forced to ask ourselves: Will we ever be able to pull this country back together again?
VCU Health and VCU to walk in honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Walk and Celebration honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Granddaughter of Dr. King releases new book
Six months ago, the 15-year-old granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. announced that she was collaborating on a picture book tribute to the late civil rights leader and his wife, Coretta Scott King.
Honoring MLK: The unfinished journey toward economic freedom, by Charlene Cromwell
On Jan. 15 our nation again will observe the only national holiday designated as a day of service. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday was first observed in 1986.
Sold: Mayo Island purchase completed
Mayo Island is now part of the James River Park. The city announced on Jan. 5 the completion of the $15 million purchase of the large James River island from the Shaia family.
