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Michael Paul Williams: Lawyer helps homeless teens defy odds

Standing outside the dressing room at the Target store, the fashion model-turned-lawyer inspected the white dress that the homeless teen would wear.

05/25/2012 12:00 AM

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Mike's Take: Regional schools?

RICHMOND, VA -- Richmond is closing schools; Chesterfield needs more. Consolidation anyone?

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MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS: A turning point in the gay-rights movement?

When a man of unimpeachable qualifications is denied a job because he is gay, we have reached a tipping point beyond what reasonable people should stomach.

05/18/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: "We are a couple."

RICHMOND, VA -- Kenny Castro and his dog, Charlie, conquer adversity together.

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MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS: Art for youths' sake finds home of its own

ART 180, much like the paintings by its kids, has been a work of art without a home to truly call its own.

05/15/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: Manhattan melodies

RICHMOND, VA -- The Armstrong High Choir conquers the Big Apple.

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Williams: Judge the crime, not the color

I am Trayvon.

05/08/2012 12:00 AM
Cycling group stays course to help area youths

Richmond Cycling Corps was temporarily diverted from its mission of urban outreach by an urgent priority: saving its "bread truck."

05/04/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: The Snow job

RICHMOND, VA -- When it comes to the City Code, former treasury secretary John Snow apparently thinks rules are for the little people.

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Mike's Take: E-ZPass revolt

RICHMOND, VA -- No discounts, and now they want you to pay extra for the convenience? Turn in your transponders!

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Mike's Take: Mass transit miss

RICHMOND, VA -- Once again, regional bus service fails to gain regional support.

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Michael Paul Williams: Five years after Tech, still waiting for gun reform

Can the death of one unarmed teenager in Florida help achieve what the killings of 32 people at Virginia Tech did not?

04/17/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: The charges should be dropped

RICHMOND, VA -- Charges against Capitol protesters should be dropped without conditions.

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Mike's Take: Art on Monument

RICHMOND, VA -- The decision to remove paintings by children from the median was made by bureaucrats. Neighbors may decide to display the artwork in their front yards.

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Williams: Armstrong choir dreams of New York trip

The thought of performing in New York caused a huge smile to crease the face of Keith Spurlock, a member of the Armstrong High School choir.

03/30/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: Homes for the poor

RICHMOND, VA -- When low-income housing is sold, closed or gentrified, where do the folks who lived there go next?

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Mike's Take: Obama was where?

RICHMOND, VA -- So the president thought he was in Petersburg when he was really in Prince George. Is it any wonder when Central Virginia has no regional focus?

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Michael Paul Williams: Richmond School Board surrenders to mayor

Then-Mayor L. Douglas Wilder employed the nuclear option against the Richmond Public Schools administration, evicting it from City Hall before the courts blocked his action.

03/16/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: Waving guns at kids

RICHMOND, VA -- Another Chesterfield woman is charged with pulling a weapon on students near a bus stop.

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Mike's Take: What's wrong with voter ID?

RICHMOND, VA -- Virginia's proposed legislation hearkens back to poll taxes and literacy tests to suppress minority votes.

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MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS: A helping hand here, and Haiti

As he sat through a fall preview reception for "The Lion King", Frank Hughes suddenly felt compelled to take 100 underprivileged children to see the musical.

03/02/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: A river runs through us

RICHMOND, Va. -- A riverfront connector is critical to boosting tourism in Richmond, so why is City Council balking?

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Michael Paul Williams: Providing a service that's more than a fill-up

The works of a local photographer, coupled with a desire to aid casualties of war, transformed the auto service bay at Village Exxon into a work of art.

02/28/2012 12:00 AM
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Mike's Take: Culture wars

RICHMOND, VA -- When it comes to social issues, do the NRA and the Family Foundation have more clout with state legislators than voters?

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Michael Paul Williams: Closing John B. Cary would be tragic

John B. Cary Model Elementary School once represented the promise of a racially and economically integrated Richmond school system. It was a place where a middle-class kid could find himself flanked by classmates from Windsor Farms and public housing, to everyone's benefit.

02/17/2012 12:00 AM