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 …
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: …
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, …
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 …
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, …





