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The phrase “critical race theory” is perhaps as divisive as it is elusive. It actually has a formal academic definition, but that was largely beside the point on the campaign trail. Now that there’s a new administration taking over in Richmond, the governor's pick for education secretary — Aimee Guidera — is giving members of the General Assembly a better picture of what the new governor wants to ban from the classroom.

One hundred years ago today, lyricist Dorothy Fields was born. She wrote dozens of hit songs for Broadway shows and Hollywood musicals, including Sweet Charity, which is currently being revived on Broadway. Jeff Lunden has this appreciation.

A chance meeting in a German airport resulted in a CD collaboration between Israeli pop star Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Toure, the guitarist from Mali. The result, The Tel Aviv Session, is magic.

People who measure risk and uncertainty ranked in the top spot of the survey by CareerCast.com. At the bottom of the list with reporters are flight attendants, roofers, mail carriers, meter readers, dish washers and lumber jacks.

There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, meaning the next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot.

Nicki Minaj complained on social media that her hit had been deemed pop rather than rap.

Meyers tackles the topic of fear in a new kid's book. Ken Tucker picks the best music of 2022. Merchant's series, The Outlaws, follows low-level offenders who've been assigned community service.

Bauer will be replaced by a veteran prosecutor, Kathleen Ruemmler. She has spent most of her career at the Justice Department. She started out handling drug and crime cases in Washington D.C. then then took on a leading role in the prosecution of former Enron executives.

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

Lawmakers will finally return to Richmond next week to pass amendments to a two-year budget that are already two months late.