PW Pulse: How Do We Address Critical Race Theory?
On this episode we address the controversy behind Critical Race Theory.
Category: Our Voices
Mayor Wood creates “Spotlight Dumfries” to bring people to the community
During his three years as Mayor of Dumfries, Derrick Wood has overseen a lot of change within the town. From the dedication of the Willie Toney basketball court, to the arrival of Rosie’s Gaming Emporium, Wood’s leadership has led to not only a recognition of the town’s past, but provided an economic growth pattern for […]
PW Pulse: How Black Athletes are treated in media
In this episode, we explore the recent media treatment of Black athletes as the NIL agreements become the law in collegiate sports. We also discuss the unfair treatment of Black athletes in the Olympic rulings, and in this week’s “Do the Right Thing,” we discuss selective outrage by the media in the wake of Bill […]
Editorial: The Confederate Remnant in the House of Delegates
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 […]
Two Mics Up addresses Human Trafficking
On this week’s episode, the Two Mics Up team works to educate our audience on human trafficking. Human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide. According to the Department of State, 2 million women and children are victims of human trafficking every year. In the United States alone, 300 thousand children are forced into child […]
Black Girl Hockey Club Creates ‘Get Uncomfortable’ Campaign to Disrupt Racism
According to a report in USA Today, only 26 players in the National Hockey League are Black with only 3% of the league consisting of different ethnicities. Ever since Willie O’Ree first stepped on the ice in 1958 for the Boston Bruins, he paved the way for many who laced up their skates after him. […]
Poet Michelle Garcia Discusses First Book
At 21-years-old, Michelle Garcia independently published her first book. Cul-de-sac Angels is a collection of poetry, memoir work, and creative nonfiction that was shaped by her upbringing in suburban Lake Ridge, VA and fueled by her love of nostalgia. Since its publication in April of this year, the book reached Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers List […]
T.C Mason is Balancing it All!
It’s no secret that women do a lot. We are mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, wives, coaches, entrepreneurs, the list goes on and on. How can we maintain our sense of responsibility of being all things to everyone, but keep our inner peace and joy and practice self-love? Let’s find out from a well-experienced woman to […]
Becoming Disciplined with Pastor Jerome Gay, Jr.
Pastor Jerome Gay Jr., was raised in Southeast Washington, DC, and moved to Raleigh, NC in 1997 to attend Saint Augustine’s College for his undergraduate studies, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. While there he founded a campus ministry that emphasized the gospel and biblical orthodoxy in the urban context. The ministry grew […]
Intern Sarah Mae Dizon to Report on AAPI Communities of PWC
My interest in journalism started with a newspaper clipping preserved in laminate from Charlottesville’s The Daily Progress. “A street called home,” reads the headline and above it, a picture of a few of my many aunts and uncles. In 2002, my family’s migration story from the Philippines to Charlottesville, Virginia, hit the front page of […]