Pakistani American playwright Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced,” currently in production at the Virginia Stage Company, is often described as “dangerous,” chiefly because of its potential to fire...
The year 1918 is remembered as the year in which WWI ended. 1918 was also the year of the Spanish Flu pandemic which lasted approximately one...
Sharon Johnson-Clayton is accustomed to juggling a busy to do list, one that has increased since she announced her candidacy for the Chesapeake School Board on...
CHESAPEAKE The Chesapeake Conference Center was the site April 7 for the 22nd Implement the King Dream Awards Banquet presented by Karen Mitchell of Unique K...
With the 2018 NFL Draft just two weeks away, the number of black college players on draft boards appears to be in single digits. Just four...
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) will open two unique Black history sites here on April 26. One is a memorial; the other, a few blocks away,...
“If someone had proposed that the Modern Civil Rights Movement start in Tidewater, it never would have gotten off the ground.”
If every Black-owned business with employees added two Black workers and 15 percent of those with no employees hired just one Black worker, the racial unemployment...
Justin Fairfax made history last fall when he was elected Virginia’s second African-American Lt. Governor, a job that gains political importance when the General Assembly is in...
NORFOLK Men representing chapters in the Eastern Province Council of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., met at the Sheraton Hotel April 5-8 in their 93rd Session....
The Digital Download is a weekly column dedicated to exploring the power, promise, and impact of technology in our everyday lives, written by Delegate Cliff Hayes, an experienced technology leader and public servant.
The column aims to educate, inform, and empower readers with insight into how digital tools, innovations, and trends are shaping our communities, policies, and futures.
From artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to broadband access and smart devices, Digital Download breaks down complex tech topics in an accessible way for all.
