Daniel Golden

Former Christopher Newport president Paul Trible, now a distinguished professor, isn't teaching this year and has no university responsibilities. But he's making $524,000, more than anyone else at the state school. https://t.co/G94MfqmBuf

At least Paul Trible was consistent. As president of Christopher Newport University for 26 years, the ex-senator's policies drove out nearby Black residents, and reduced the numbers of Black students and faculty. Read the latest in our "Uprooted" series: https://t.co/G94MfqmBuf

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Richard Dyke, a folksy Maine turnaround artist, helped popularize the AR-15. Now his home state is grieving. Read James Bandler's compelling account of the businessman behind the mainstreaming of assault-style rifles. https://t.co/9pqvseuf73

Should universities that have uprooted Black communities pay reparations, or give scholarships to descendants? Virginia officials discuss remedies in light of our reporting. https://t.co/sIhjAY03x1

Now that local newspapers are vanishing, we remember them as the bedrock of democracy. But the reality was more complex. As a young reporter for a long-defunct paper, I learned a lot of important lessons, and some that I had to unlearn. https://t.co/UcXAByiOQP

The first floor of the newspaper building in Springfield, Mass., where I learned to be a reporter, is now a marijuana dispensary. Here's what I found when I returned to my old haunts after more than 40 years: https://t.co/UcXAByih1h

In their heyday, local papers covered their towns as closely as the London media cover a coronation. But they also could be cozy with power-brokers. My look at the mixed legacy of now-departed papers: https://t.co/UcXAByih1h

A provision in Virginia law makes it harder for the public to know the inside story of how Christopher Newport University has uprooted a Black community. And that's how the higher ed lobby wants it. https://t.co/HKZLUHnqGr

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey wants to deploy the National Guard at shelters to help with a housing crisis. Here's another idea: how about filling the 2,300 empty state-subsidized apartments? https://t.co/GiKU3bypFh

Ex-residents of Lamberts Point in Norfolk, Va, return for reunions, but the area where they grew up is gone, demolished to build a college. Read the next article in our series about how Virginia universities have expanded by dislodging Black communities: https://t.co/NYotwV8U4W

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A thriving Black community in Newport News, Virginia, was about to develop more land and attract more residents. Then city leaders seized the core of the neighborhood by eminent domain to build a college. Why? They wanted to erase a "Black spot."https://t.co/c5mfZAKLs6

Brandi Kellam spent more than a year digging into the destruction of a Black neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia. She explains why this history means so much to her: https://t.co/UUbhhrAdQk

Newport News leaders established a college in the middle of a growing Black community because they wanted to erase a "Black spot" close to an all-white country club. Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen tell this disturbing story: https://t.co/c5mfZAKLs6

At a time when some politicians want to restrict how the history of race relations is taught, Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen document how universities have expanded by eradicating thriving Black communities. Read their compelling account: https://t.co/c5mfZAKLs6

Almost 20 years after I advocated ending legacy preference in "The Price of Admission," I'm daring to hope that it might--possibly--happen: https://t.co/JiZyZ6rEjN