This month, as we celebrate African-American History Month, we reflect on the depth, resilience and undeniable contributions of Black Americans to this nation. Nowhere is that history more deeply woven into the fabric of America than in Virginia.

It’s not easy to steal the spotlight from two seasoned publicity lovers like President Trump and Elon Musk, but Musk’s 4-year-old son X AE A-Xii, or “X” for short, made it look easy during his Oval Office visit.

The Trump administration, backed by Project 2025 allies, continues its assault on the rule of law — facing little opposition from Republican leadership, including here in Virginia.

I can’t remember when I met Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor and the first African American woman to serve in the Coast Guard. She wanted to serve as a Navy WAVE – or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services …

Back when a public backlash began to rise up mostly among white parents against “critical race theory,” I joked as to whether Black History Month might be next. I don’t joke about that anymore.

“Just because I am a librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians.

As the investigation into Wednesday’s air disaster in Washington was still getting underway, President Donald Trump didn’t bother to wait for actual evidence to figure out what was to blame: “DEI.” That’s shorthand, in case you haven’t heard, for diversity, …

The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing his best to upend precedent and policy, as he promised that he would.

It could be easy at times to forget that Sen. Henry Marsh was even there, listening quietly from his back-row desk in the Senate of Virginia.

“American communities, disproportionately Black and Brown, have long borne the scars of the Drug War. Extreme and racist sentences for crack cocaine offenses tore apart families. Children grew up visiting their parents behind bars. Those parents are now elders, yearning …

Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after a couple of the roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders given pardons by President Trump said they didn’t want it.

Recently, we observed the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When I think of Dr. King’s legacy, I don’t immediately think of the overused “I Have a Dream” speech. Instead, I think of his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” essay.

What would have Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. done to celebrate his 96th birthday? Sit on the sidelines and cheer for the incoming president who stands for everything that King was opposed to? Would he be wheeled to a protest …

As we marked the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, ironically on the same day as Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, I am reminded of a famous quote from another King: “Can we all get along?”

Virginia’s minimum wage recently increased to $12.41 per hour. Democrats sought a higher increase last year but Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed that effort. In his veto explanation, the governor repeated talking points used for the last half-century, including economic freedom …