What is the City of Richmond going to do after the UCI Road World Championships is over? What’s next for the city? What if the bike races hadn’t come to Richmond? Would city officials have spent the money fixing up …

In America, all youths should be able to live without fear and the threat of race-based violence. Sadly, reports of explicit racism and violence directed at Latinos are on the rise.

The younger you are as a registered voter in the United States, the less likely you are to cast your ballot. And the more you may have to lose by not doing so.

Despite convening briefly for a special session in mid-August, the Virginia General Assembly failed to meet the deadline imposed by a federal court for redrawing the boundaries of the state’s 3rd Congressional District. The failure of the General Assembly to …

Re “NAACP 860-mile ‘Journey for Justice’ to stop in Richmond,” Sept. 3-5 edition:

With the new school year just around the corner, parents’ attention is focused on clothes, supplies and lunches. Yes, school lunches!

At some point, most inmates in Virginia’s prisons will be released into society. Therefore, the public has an interest in both the financial and social costs of lengthy prison sentences.

Re “Lumpkin’s Jail site to get new life,” Aug. 20-22 edition:

I was watching “The Kelly File” on Fox News several nights ago when Megyn Kelly had a segment about the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

These letters were written by young people participating in the Richmond Peace Education Center’s Youth Gun Violence Prevention Workshop this summer and submitted by the workshop’s lead facilitator, Alison R. Wilson.

It seems to me the Republican Party has turned out to be one big circus, with Donald Trump being the head ringmaster. Why is that? It seems that the other candidates have just faded to the back. Don’t get me …

He was a revolutionary. Those who knew him before his death Saturday, Aug. 15, also describe Julian Bond as a civil rights icon, a pioneer, a poet and a national treasure.

Re “Tabloid-style drama grips Richmond school officials,” Aug. 20-22 edition:

Re “Post-Ferguson progress, issues,” Aug. 13-15 edition:

Gov. Terry McAuliffe says that last Monday’s special session of the General Assembly will cost $40,000. Most of that, I presume, is the per diem compensation and expenses going to General Assembly members for the day’s “work.”