In this edition of News U Can Use: details on a free nurse hotline, free braille and audio books for the visually impaired, free legal services, and $35 attorney consultations.
CANDIDATE RESPONSES TO DEFENDER QUESTIONNAIRE
This newspaper sent the list of questions below to all candidates for Richmond mayor and city council, asking for simple yes or no answers. We received 12 responses. The results appear below.
OPEN LETTER TO SHERIFF IRVING ON COVID-19 IN THE CITY JAIL
Many individuals and organizations have been concerned about how the city jail has been handling the threat of COVID-19. Recently there have been some major improvements in the number of active cases in the jail, but little has been done to address the issue of trust. The following is an open letter to Sheriff Irving.
SHOCK & DISMAY AS HEARING REVEALS DESECREATION AT EAST END CEMETERY
There was palpable shock and sorrow at a public hearing as descendants of families buried at the Evergreen and East End cemeteries heard that human bones recovered near the Richmond cemeteries had likely been the victims of medical dissection.
INTERNATIONAL & ANTIWAR NEWS, AUTUMN 2020 EDITION
International solidarity with this summer’s anti-racist rebellions, a global pandemic update, a look into the American military’s possible role in Mali’s coup, news on Nigeria’s ongoing anti-police-terror struggle, and the people of Bolivia victorious. All this and more in the Autumn 2020 international and antiwar update.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: RICHMOND’S OTHER AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND

I visited a beautiful spot recently here in Richmond.
OUR ENDORSEMENTS – AND NON-ENDORSEMENTS
The Virginia Defender’s endorsements for the presidential and Richmond local elections taking place on November 3, 2020.