Hampton University will host a Men’s Health Fair on Sept. 27 at the Proton Cancer Institute, offering free prostate screenings and education. With Black men facing...
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III defends the institution’s independence after President Trump ordered oversight of museum programming, including African-American history exhibits. Scholars and curators warn that...
With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashing Medicaid funding, sickle cell patients in Virginia face dangerous coverage losses and reduced access to...
Lawmakers warn that the Epstein case is about more than abuse—it exposes how wealth and power can block justice. Rep. Kweisi Mfume and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove...
President Trump’s firing of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and sweeping staff resignations have gutted programs vital to Black health, cutting HIV prevention, public health grants,...
Norfolk State rallied from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Virginia State 34-31 in overtime before 22,396 fans at Price Stadium, giving head...
Del. Cliff Hayes brought Democratic fellowship and recognition to Portsmouth with his “Sunday Blue Crescendo” fundraiser at Rivers Casino, featuring top Virginia leaders, lively storytelling, and...
In Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation, Bitter Kalli reclaims overlooked history, showing how horses shaped Black survival, culture, and resistance while blending personal experience with...
Chesapeake has renamed Old Courtyard Park in honor of Judge Eileen A. Olds, the city’s first African-American woman judge and a nationally recognized legal leader who...
Sentara CarePlex Hospital and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank have opened a first-of-its-kind refrigerated food pantry locker in Hampton, offering discharged patients facing food insecurity round-the-clock access...