
A statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol, representing Virginia and honoring her 1951 student protest that helped shape...

Suffolk’s S. Delois Mayes Scholarship Foundation will host its 12th Annual MLK Day of Service on January 19, 2026, uniting residents, leaders, and educators to honor...

A federal court has denied the government’s push to prematurely unseal decades-old FBI surveillance files tied to Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership...

First Baptist Church South Hill of Chesapeake gave a powerful $45,000 gift to Norfolk State University—$30,000 of which is earmarked to erase the graduation debts of...

Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, warned that hunger and unmet basic needs are blocking student learning, and criticized federal delays of SNAP benefits...

In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive only partial funding for its November distribution — leaving tens...

Generation Z — now the rising largest living generation in the U.S. — is emerging as a pivotal force in elections and social movements, as their...

“Scammers are sending fake emails posing as the City, texting from “private numbers,” and blackmailing teen boys — here’s how Hampton Roads residents and families can...

Frederick Douglass’s journey from enslaved reader to constitutional scholar reshaped America, showing the power of literacy and activism in achieving liberty and equality. #FrederickDouglass #ConstitutionWeek #AmericanHistory...

Authorities say Charlie Kirk’s killer was not from the “radical left” but a 22-year-old white man, Tyler Robinson, raising fresh concerns about political violence, campus security,...