Opinion: Supporting Key Values: Service, Peace, Sacrifice
60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps
Peace Corps
And Chaos for Those Who Live on Lee Street
Lee Street
Fairfax County Police Publication of ‘Shame List’ Endangers Immigrant Residents
Fairfax County Police Publication of ‘Shame List’ Endangers Immigrant Residents
COVID Pain Reaches Far
Va. Employment Commission processed 136,000 unemployment claims in 2019, but that number surged to 1.4 million in 2020.
Va. Employment Commission processed 136,000 unemployment claims in 2019, but that number surged to 1.4 million in 2020.
Opinion: Commentary: Record Setting Times
Not intending to repeat a column I wrote a few weeks ago, but it is hot outside!
Opinion: Commentary: Detailing Relief in Dollars
On Monday Aug. 2, the Virginia General Assembly convened in Richmond for a Special Session to allocate federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and appoint judges to fill eight vacancies on the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Heat Rising: Population Density?
Local governments and the general public are beginning to become aware that on extremely hot days, high temperatures in urban areas can vary greatly, even over short distances.
Opinion: Column: “Enough Already”
As my late mother would have suggested after reading four consecutive weeks of Kenny's column being on the same subject: the second degree burns on my feet, I am finally moving on.
Opinion: Column: Hopping and Hoping
As I approach my four-week anniversary of "the burning," I do so with cautious optimism that one day soon, I'll be walking upright once again and doing so without the assistance of my walker.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia Legislature Decides on Funds, Addresses Needs
On Aug. 10, the General Assembly completed work in a special session to appropriate federal pandemic funds and elect judges.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: How Enslaved People Came to be Called “Contrabands”
We much appreciated Jeanne Theismann’s front-page article regarding an historic first for the Commonwealth: the inclusion of Alexandria’s Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, the burial place of about 1,800 African Americans, in the national African American Civil Rights Network.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Adequate Healthcare Needed for All
Concern for the unvaccinated resonates rather hollowly in the absence of adequate healthcare for millions of Americans.
Opinion: Commentary: Stop To Remember Benjamin Thomas
The teenager was lynched across from Market Square on Aug. 8, 1899.
On Sunday, Aug. 8 at Market Square, Alexandria citizens will stop and remember Benjamin Thomas who was lynched across the street from the plaza on that date in 1899.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Class Action Lawsuits Are Repugnant
Recall my letter from a couple years ago challenging Va. Sen. Scott Surovell's call for allowing state class action lawsuits: