by Marilyn Drew Necci | Jul 31, 2018 | OPINION
Late last fall, my wife and I moved into our first house. We had gotten married a couple of months before and were really excited to get out of a tiny bedroom in a house full of roommates. We ended up renting a house in the Brookland Park neighborhood, just a bit...
by Chelsea Higgs Wise | Jul 27, 2018 | OPINION
At his community office hours last night, Mayor Levar Stoney announced a change to the printed agenda; instead of infrastructure and education, public safety would be the first topic addressed. Since the killing of #MarcusDavidPeters, his death has been the number one...
by Saffeya Ahmed | Jul 17, 2018 | OPINION
World Cup 2018 went out with a bang Sunday, as France took their second title home after an intense final against Croatia. As an avid soccer player, the World Cup is the sporting tournament I look the most forward to. Every four years, I am completely absorbed in the...
by Ash Griffith | Jul 10, 2018 | OPINION
I could just barely reach our countertop when my father started teaching me how to cook. Chef celebrity culture quickly became a thing in the late 90s, and my father used it to his advantage to teach me how to cook what we saw on our television. We started working on...
by Cassie Jacobs | Jun 29, 2018 | OPINION
A week ago I wrote an opinion piece for this publication titled, “How To Kill the Democratic Party of Virginia” after attending the Blue Commonwealth Gala in Richmond on June 16. I had no idea that this opinion piece would create as many arguments and as...
by Sarafina Sackey | Jun 27, 2018 | OPINION
Dear Becky, You’re the owner of Caddy’s Restaurant on Midlothian Turnpike. And you just posted this absurdly racist comment directed toward black Congresswoman Maxine Waters. “Maxine Waters, shut your your big fat lips, no one wants to hear your rasium [sic]...
