by Meghan McIntyre, Virginia Mercury With over 20 years of emergency care experience, Dr. Michel Aboutanos, a surgeon and medical director of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center’s Level I trauma center, is all too familiar with performing life-saving surgery on youth gunshot wound victims. It was one of those cases that inspired Aboutanos to create […]
Prince William Little Theatre and NOVEC Present “The Westing Game” – A Thrilling Mystery Adapted from Ellen Raskin’s Novel Prince William Little Theatre is delighted to invite theater enthusiasts and mystery lovers alike to join them for an exciting production of “The Westing Game.” Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, […]
by Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury Starting today, voters across Virginia can begin casting ballots in pivotal General Assembly elections that will decide which party controls the closely divided state legislature. The start of the 45-day early voting window — during which Virginians can cast ballots in person at their local election office or send an […]
by Nathan Richardson IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH STRIKES YOU AS REMARKABLE, IT IS BECAUSE ITREPRESENTS A COMPLETE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HISTORY. This image captured at Manassas National Battlefield Park, shows historian Nathan M. Richardsonengaged in a first person portrayal of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass with middle schoolstudents about his role during the civil war. […]
Supervisor Bob Weir and Members of the Board, Last Thursday, 70 plus residents of Pageland Lane and I, plus approximately 40 others attended Supervisor Weir’s County “No Holds Barred Town Hall.” Bob, it’s not a town hall meeting when you don’t have the applicants there to present their application. What you had was a pep […]
The residents of Pageland Lane have been stuck between a rock and a hard place for the past 15 years. Our once rural road has become a bypass for industrial truck traffic and commuters from I-66 to Loudoun County. We cannot get our mail without putting our lives in danger. 15 years ago, Loudoun […]
by Jennifer Roberts Yesterday morning, I woke up ready to share a video on Instagram about some of my favorite entrepreneurs in celebration of Black Business Month. I was looking forward to uploading pictures and videos from the commemoration of the Manassas Industrial School founded by Jennie Dean in 1893 and from the Black Business […]
by Jennifer Roberts As I opened my eyes this morning, I thanked God for another day of life. My very next thought was, “How will we respond to the continued attacks against our people?” These thoughts are not new to me. Daily, my mind is filled with questions, ideas and strategies about how we, as […]
by Samantha Willis, Virginia Mercury The descendants of Virginia-born miracle woman Henrietta Lacks finally won a major settlement with a biotechnology company that profited billions from Lacks’ ever-reproducing cells; I congratulate them. The hard-won settlement is a glimmer of justice flashing within a dark facet of America’s medical and scientific progress, fields fueled by racist, unethical practices […]
by Roger Chesley, Virginia Mercury Please, white America: Just stop it. Stop trying to put Black people in their “place.” Stop calling the police when African Americans have the temerity to refuse to show their ID – as if you are a law enforcement official. Black Virginians already have to deal with being stopped by actual police […]
