As the school year begins, public health experts have been advocating for distanced learning to combat the spread of COVID-19, and many public school systems across the country are complying with these recommendations. The images of students in those schools that have returned in-person have been widely circulating—crowded hallways and classrooms, no masks, shared lunches—and […]
Editor’s note: Each week the PW Perspective will be showcasing the pioneers, innovators and history makers that you don’t often read about in textbooks. Free and compulsory public education is something we take for granted in the United States, so why don’t we know about its origins? This is the story of Congressman Robert Smalls, […]
The Biden Campaign announced on Tuesday that Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala as his running mate for the November election. The announcement was made in a text message to supports. The message read: “Joe Biden here. Big news: I’ve chosen Kamala Harris as my running mate. Together, with you, we’re […]
The Prince William Education Association (PWEA) announced on Monday that local activist, educator, and former candidate for Supervisor, Maggie Hansford will be serving as the associations next president. PWEA is the largest teacher association in Virginia, and it’s mission is dedicated to advancing quality instruction and curriculum, adequate funding, and excellent working conditions for Prince […]
Councilwoman Cydny Neville released a statement on Tuesday regarding the change in name of Confederate Ct. in the Town of Dumfries and the public hearing that will take place in September. “America is in the midst of experiencing a reckoning, and our quaint Town is not immune to this. We are also not immune to […]
Dumfries Police Chief James McCarty announced on Monday that he plans to retire from the town’s police department at the end of August. A tenured law enforcement professional, McCarty brought over 25 years of public safety experience to the Town of Dumfries. Serving as Chief since 2018, during his tenure, he worked to improve functional […]
The Fairfax County school board voted unanimously on Thursday evening to rename Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia, after the late Civil Rights icon Congressman John Lewis. The new name, which was advocated for by members of the Fairfax NAACP Chapter, will take effect with the start of the upcoming school year. Other […]
Friday night, our country lost one of its greatest leaders. Congressman John Lewis, the last of the Big Six, who, along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and Whitney Young, fought for the many victories of the Civil Rights Movement. Since then, a lot of people have been […]
In an move that some are calling historic and extraordinary, the City Council of Asheville, North Carolina issued an apology on Tuesday for the role the city has played in slavery, discrimination and, denial civil rights to its Black residents over the years and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants. The initiative […]
Article co-written by Aneesa Johnson Four protesters were detained and three of them arrested at around 1 p.m. at the McCoart building on Tuesday after two agitators approached the protestors and an altercation took place between the groups. Protesters were present to lobby the Prince William Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) to defund the police […]
