09 Mar

During his junior year at Kennedy High School, Anderson Esteban learned about Poetry Out Loud, but since only seniors can present, he helped out and waited. This year, his senior year, Esteban read “The Last Laugh” by Wilfred Owen, a poem about young men dying on the battlefield....

08 Mar

From boisterous lion dance performers to young Laotian dancers, Richmond’s Memorial Auditorium was filled with rich culture and energy during the 15th annual Chinese New Year Celebration put on by the City of Richmond Community Services Department and Richmond Senior Center....

06 Mar

Warning that the country is heading down a white nationalist, nativist path, four immigrant rights advocates issued a call to action just hours before the U.S. Senate rejected all four proposals to change U.S. immigration policy, and a second federal court found the president’s “Muslim ban” unconstitutional...

01 Mar

The City of Richmond Community Services Department is sponsoring the 15th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza....

26 Feb

The United States is talking about gun control again. Social media is flooded with opinions from people who own guns, people who detest them, and people who have survived their wrath. All the chatter means another mass shooting took place recently....

22 Feb

Almost every seat in the Nevin Community Center auditorium was filled with concerned residents and city officials as people recounted their reactions to the black cloud of smoke from the fire last month at Sims Metal Management scrap yard in Richmond. ...

08 Feb

The determined faces of Black historical figures sit at the entrance of the Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in the newly re-named Shops at Hilltop mall in Richmond. The display of books is a part of an initiative by the store operator Tamara Shiloh to promote the idea that “Black history can...

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