Editor's Pick ELECTION DAY OUTCOMES Williams: Election Day left Richmond's mayor and the city's suburbs blue MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch Nov 13, 2023 Nov 13, 2023 Updated Nov 20, 2023 0 × Kelli Lemon and Michael Paul Williams discuss the current state of the removal of Confederate monuments across Virginia | After the Monuments podcast Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michael Paul Williams TIMES-DISPATCH kAmp>:5 E96 ?2E:@?2= 7@4FD @? ':C8:?:2’D =68:D=2E:G6 6=64E:@?D[ 2?5 E96 E9F55:?8 56762E @7 2 42D:?@ :? #:49>@?5[ E96 E64E@?:4 D9:7ED :? DF3FC32? #:49>@?5’D A@=:E:42= =2?5D42A6 H6C6 62DJ E@ @G6C=@@<] qFE E96 6=64E:@? @7 s6>@4C2E:4 >2;@C:E:6D @? 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Where are we with removal of Confederate monuments? | After the Monuments podcast Kelli Lemon and Michael Paul Williams discuss the current state of the removal of Confederate monuments across Virginia | After the Monuments podcast
Williams: Virginia's voting rights restoration is rife with conflict of interest. Governors should have no say Too many ex-offenders have been deprived of their pre-existing voting rights, or stymied in their effort to regain their franchise, by a guber…
Williams: Antisemitism? Classism? Racism? On the casino, loose lips may sink chips The notion that Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X or George Floyd died so that Black people could have the self-determination to work and play…
Williams: Renaming this crossing shouldn't be a bridge too far Richmond has had plenty of practice at removing the names of Confederates and enslavers from its landscape. The ongoing inaction involving the…
