The Virginia State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Monday affirmed its full support for the adoption of Virginia’s African American History and Social Science Curriculum implementing recommendations from Governor Ralph Northam’s Commission on African American History Education in the Commonwealth. This endorsement of anti-racist education comes at […]
Governor Ralph Northam on Friday announced his appointment of Evelyn BruMar, founder and executive director of Casa BruMar Foundation, to the newly-established Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. BruMar, a local activist and advocate, has been active in Prince William County and across the Commonwealth of Virginia for years. In 2019, BruMar founded the Casa BruMar Foundation […]
Today, Brentsville District Supervisor Jeanine Lawson announced that she plans to run for Congress in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District in 2022. Lawson has served on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors since first being elected in a 2014 special election to replace Supervisor Wally Covington, who resigned to accept a judgeship. She had previously […]
The Virginia Gubernatorial election is the current focal point of politics inside the Commonwealth and beyond. The race features two controversial candidates: former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe, who served the Commonwealth from 2014 to 2018, and Republican businessman, Glenn Youngkin, who has received President Donald Trump’s endorsement. But the 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race also includes […]
Earlier this week, the online newspaper The Hill published an article regarding the Sons of Confederate Veterans membership list that was recently leaked. Sons of Confederate Veterans is a neo-Confederate organization that has closely aligned itself in prior with the Ku Klux Klan, and among those listed within its ranks was none other than Virginia […]
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd in 2020, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday. On April 20th, Chauvin was found guilty on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for killing Floyd. Prosecutors advocated for a heavier sentence of more than 30 […]
Prince William County Supervisors Kenny Boddye (D-Occoquan) and Margaret Franklin (D-Woodbridge) are inviting the community to an “Affordable Housing” Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, June 23 at 7:00 pm. As the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area continues to grow, so does the gap between people’s income and housing affordability. While housing costs continue to rise in […]
Delegate Hala Ayala, who has represented the 51st district in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2018, has been a fierce advocate for her community long before she held office. As a cyber security specialist for the U.S. Coast Guard, she defended our nation’s national security, and as the former president of the Virginia chapter […]
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced his intention to sign a bill establishing Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, as a federal holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States. The bill, which passed through the Senate and House of Representatives earlier this week, began gaining momentum last year following the murder of […]
Though the statewide Republican nominations were decided at a closed convention in May, some districts chose to have an open primary for Republican nominations for the House of Delegates. Tim Cox emerged the winner of the Republican primary in district 51. Cox competed against Jeff Dove, a former candidate for Congress in the 11th district […]
