By Sunny Lim It was three o’clock on a weekday afternoon, but the doors of the Sacred Heart Center and its sister church across the street were padlocked shut. After I pressed the button on the security panel next to the door, our reporting team waited for someone inside to respond. Minutes later, a buzzer Read more about Sanctuary[…]
It is a beautiful day at Clay Abner Park, in Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood. I don’t know what I expected from a park in the heart of one of Richmond’s oldest, poorest, and predominately African-American neighborhoods. But it is a perfect Sunday in late April. Spring has swept through the city at last, and the Read more about SCORCHED EARTH[…]