Date Tips on a Budget

by Erika Townsend

 

 

With the U.S. House of Representatives recently passing an 819 billion dollar stimulus package, you may be wondering where you can find a little relief for your pockets. Everyone seems to be pinching pennies these days. But that doesn’t …

All Fired Up

by Linda Pate

 

Many of us have experienced job loss or layoffs, or know someone who may lose their job this year. This can be very devastating and frightening. I recently read a wonderful book titled, Fired Up: …

Busta Rhymes Hits Richmond Awaiting New Release

 

Local Notes: Busta Rhymes appears March 13, Toad’s Place, 140 Virginia St. $25 – $30. On March 24, “Back on My B.S.”drops, Busta’s ninth studio release, and his first with Universal/Motown.

 

Before Busta: He was born Trevor Smith, Jr. on May 17, …

First Things First: Strengthening Families for a Better Community

by Patrice Baltimore

 

 

At our community’s core is the family unit. With soaring divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, and absent fathers, many families are in crisis.

 
First Things First of Greater Richmond (FTF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families and relationships through …

Van Jones: Green-Collar Leader

by Cesca Janece Waterfield

 

 

Van Jones is one of the nation’s most vital minds today, merging goals like creating jobs with environmental protection and restoration. His vision often results in solutions that simultaneously address social inequity and environmental misuse.

 
A Yale Law graduate, …

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