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Trump making Black voter inroads. Why?, by Clarence Page

Reports that Donald Trump has made surprising gains among Black voters have raised understandable alarm among my Democratic-leaning friends.

Inflation, nutrition and reality, by Julianne Malveaux

Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to describe it, they came up with wildly disparate answers. One thought it a snake, another a tree, another a trunk. Because they ...

For one night, Biden was media master, by Clarence Page

Ah, such embarrassment. Presidential campaigns will always surprise you, but I didn’t expect Donald Trump, a tireless master of media, to be tripped up by his own social media platform.

Coming home, by Jennifer Robinson

Byrd Park was the place to be on warm Sunday afternoons in the 1980s. I was in high school and all of young, black Richmond gathered there. Picture the scene from Will Smith’s 1991 hit, “Summertime.”

State of Black America 2024, by Marc H. Morial

“We’re building an America where we recognize the inherent dignity of every single person, and where every American has the chance to live a life of purpose and meaning. This is my vision for the future.” — President Biden, 2024 ...

Fixing our broken drug pricing system, by Dr. Greg Gelburd

As a recently retired physician, I felt relief for patients across the commonwealth when Virginia legislators recently passed bipartisan measures, Senate Bill 274 and House Bill 570, to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. This board would be empowered to ...

Biden, Dems need to get message out now!, by Ben Jealous

Biden, Dems need to get their message out now! Spoiler alert! Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on the ballot this fall.

Fani Willis should have known better, by Clarence Page

It doesn’t take a law degree to know that the appearance of impropriety can be just as damaging as the real thing. Sometimes worse.

Driesell’s racial pioneering remembered, by Wayne Dawkins

Charles “Lefty” Driesell died peacefully at home at 92 in his native Tidewater.

Fight for reproductive freedom, by Ben Jealous

It matters deeply that America has a woman as our vice president. That has never been truer than at this moment.

NFL’s head coaching ranks starting to look more diverse, by Marc H. Morial

Two years ago this week, I met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with my fellow civil rights leaders, to discuss the failure of the “Rooney Rule” to diversify the ranks of the League’s head coaches.

Congressman Troy Nehls — ­Rash, brash, out of control, by Julianne Malveaux

Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) recently attacked his colleague, St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), with rash, brash, and out-of-control language. It happened at the end of January, but somehow, his attack stuck in my craw.

Setting record straight on Black History, by Ben Jealous

With the start of Black History Month, I brace myself for the mis-telling of Black History yet again.

Black wealth remains elusive, by Charlene Crowell

For America, Black History Month brings opportunities to revisit our nation’s lessons, achievements, and unfulfilled promises, capturing our attention as well as our hopes. Yet nothing hits home harder than the painful reminders of how so much of Black America ...

When partisan politics leave migrants out in the cold, by Clarence Page

As a long, dreaded January chill made life on the streets unthinkable for waves of migrants bused North from Texas, city, state and federal officials engaged in a new round of finger-pointing and buck-passing.