Earlier on Friday, several demonstrators appeared in front of Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin’s bus as it pulled into Charlottesville. The tweet below highlighted the incident. Later that day, the Lincoln Project issued the following statement: “Glenn Youngkin has said: ‘President Trump represents so much of why I am running.’ Youngkin proves it every day […]
On Wednesday, a towering and prominent statue of one of the Confederacy’s most vile leaders, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, was lifted off its pedestal where it stood for more than 130 years in Richmond, Virginia as an abominable symbol of hatred, racism, and the crimes of this nation. The statue was constructed more than […]
During yesterday’s meeting the Prince William Board of County Supervisors announced the hiring of Parag Agrawal as the new Planning Director for Prince William County. The announcement comes following a nationwide search with a public survey and competitive hiring process. His expected start date is Dec. 7, 2020. “We are happy to welcome Mr. Agrawal […]
Darryl G. Moore has dedicated his life to public service and making communities better wherever he goes. It was this dedication, along with a wealth of experience that catapulted him to win one of the three city council seats in Manassas Park on Tuesday. Councilman Moore spoke with the PW Perspective shortly after winning his […]
Written by Benjamin M. Litchfield Our nation is on the cusp of an unprecedented eviction crisis. As many as 28 million Americans may face eviction between now and the end of September. To put that into perspective, 10 million Americans lost their homes during the Great Recession. Those tragedies were spread over the course of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) announced in a video on Monday that he is running for Virginia Attorney General in 2021 in a bid to become the first Black person in the Commonwealth to hold the position. Jones, a lawyer and alumnus of William & Mary and UVA, was first elected to the House of Delegates […]
