PW Perspective is proud to announce our endorsement of Ben Litchfield in the Democratic Primary for State Senate in the new 27th District, which includes Fredericksburg and parts of Stafford and Spotsylvania. Litchfield is a graduate of the Howard University School of Law, a former lawyer for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), and former […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to listen to Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her best-selling book “The 1619 Project,” which details the abhorrent history of slavery in America. Since the book was first published in New York Times Magazine in 2019, it has opened the eyes to many of the horrors of […]
‘Tis the season for a time-honored tradition that the community participates in every December. Oh, you thought we meant making holiday plans for Christmas and New Year’s? No, we’re talking about letting your voice be heard as we celebrate this year’s best and brightest in local entrepreneurship, activism, and entertainment. Last year, hundreds voted in […]
As there has been a growing movement to declare Indigenous Peoples Day a federal holiday, currently more than 130 cities, including the District of Columbia, celebrate the second Monday in October. Back in 1989, South Dakota became the first state to officially recognize the day It is to honor the more than 476 million Indigenous […]
Back in 2017, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors approved ordinance 17-42, which states: “The discharging, in any park, of any firearm, air gun, gas gun, spring operated gun, BB gun, slingshot, dart device or bow and arrow is prohibited.” Any violation of this is classified as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Lately, at local […]
A week ago, I visited the PW Arts Council at Stonebridge Town Center and their amazing exhibit “A Walk Through Ghana.” Whether it was through beautiful displays of the countrymen, to the colorful cloths placed for everyone to see, as well as the history of the nation being explained through video, each design was placed […]
Since its inception three years ago, the PW Perspective’s mission has been to uplift the voices that reflect our community. Whether it’s education, economics or health equity issues in Prince William County, the focus has been to provide a platform for solutions-based concepts to solve the county’s biggest issues. As a result, there has been […]
Labor Day was first celebrated by labor activists and individual states in the late 1800s, and first codified into law in Oregon back in 1887. The first Monday of September is a time to honor those who work tirelessly to keep our nation’s infrastructure operative. As the country celebrates another Labor Day holiday, those workers […]
Kaywood Drive. Kagera Drive. Fox Glove Court. Wigan Drive. These are more than just different locations where people live on the eastern end of Prince William County; they are also the areas where the most recent shootings have taken place, some of them with tragic results. Back in July, we discussed if there was anything […]
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, thereby allowing the 13 colonies to sever their political connections to Great Britian. The document summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence from their oppressors. Now, in the wake of last Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the […]
