Dogs and Their Owners Love Point Isabel Dog Park
If you have yet to visit Point Isabel Regional Shoreline in Richmond, it is a sight to see. Point Isabel, a 23-acre dog park with an additional 20 acres right...
Hate Crime Against Sikh Man Yields Prison Terms for Assailants
Two Texas men were sentenced in the 2016 attack on Maan Singh Khalsa in Richmond....
Rich City Rides Launches Bike Club at Kennedy High
Rich City Rides is launching a bicycle club at Kennedy High School, one of several riding groups the staff has organized in recent years. ...
What Pepsi Got Wrong
Pepsi and Kendall Jenner, one of the young sisters in the Kardashian-Jenner family, became the subject of memes and criticism after launching a commercial that parodied social protests—and failed....
Local Happenings: January 2017
Richmond Increases Minimum Wage Sunday, Jan. 1 The next increase in Richmond’s minimum wage goes into effect on January 1, 2017. Richmond’s minimum wage will increase to $12.30/hour. The ordinance, which was approved...
Good People, Bad Rap: A Day in North Richmond
I love North Richmond, my home. Diverse people. Churches and liquor stores. Project housing, empty lots, the Verde garden, the senior center. It’s taught me to be tough and to...
Mykee Ramen: After Ghost Ship, A New Tragedy Unfolds
Michael Malin, aka Mykee Ramen, is the owner and operator of Burnt Ramen, a live/work warehouse in Richmond that has housed a recording studio and hosted events and live shows,...
Khalid’s: Corner: Bury the Man and Carry on the Plan
I keep my brother alive through something I learned from historian John Henrik Clarke: Bury the man and carry on the plan....
Waiting for My Dad
I remember sitting and waiting for my dad at the window, when I was too young to understand what it meant when he was “running late.”...
Q&A: Dorsey Nunn on the Growing Power Base of the Formerly Incarcerated
Dr. Joseph Marshall, host of Street Soldiers on 106 KMEL radio, recently welcomed conference organizer Dorsey Nunn, executive director of All of Us or None, to discuss the conference, his...
Hundreds Show Up to ‘Put the Guns Down’
On Sept. 3, over 350 people, most from the Crescent Park, Pullman, Monterey Pines and Deliverance Temple apartments, met at Booker T. Anderson, Jr. park for the ninth annual Put...
Is Princess Culture Harming Young Girls?
Girls who take in what has become known as “princess culture” — typified by Disney movies and their portrayal of women in stereotypical gender roles — can internalize those ideals,...
Why Most Millennials Don’t Think They’ll Become Millionaires
To many of us, $1 million in savings sounds like a myth. I am sure most of my fellow millennials can barely imagine earning $1 million throughout our lifetimes, much...
Why I Worked to Put ‘Kids First’ on the Ballot
The reason I’ve been working so hard on this is to give other young people a chance to get the support that I eventually ended up getting from programs like...
