J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the state of West Virginia, and through the efforts of Friends of Blackwater ...

A push for a casino in Tysons has stalled in Virginia’s General Assembly, but Jeff McKay, chairman of Fairfax County’s Board ...

A controversial bill to potentially develop a casino and entertainment complex in Tysons Corner died on Wednesday after House ...

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said he was motivated to solicit the scrutiny by the case of Elon Wilson, a young, Black D.C ... in Northern Virginia who labeled themselves ...

In an effort to address these injustices, Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has launched the county’s first-ever Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in partnership with the Mid ...

A proposal for a casino resort in Fairfax County’s Tysons Corner is dividing ... The split is clearest in the Virginia Senate, where Majority Leader Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, is leading the ...

The panelists also highlighted the hurdles the Black community has overcome in Amherst County over the years, such as establishing their own churches, schools, and cemeteries. Despite facing adversity ...

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AMHERST COUNTY ... ALSO: Virginia bill could grant adult adoptees access to original birth certificates Reverend Jasper Fletcher, one of the panelists, said, "Being a Black man and a white ...

Nova Scotia’s Black community, which dates back to the province’s days as a French colony, is trying to ensure it survives ...

With about 100 students in the audience, Wilson-Hartgrove explained that while poverty is frequently framed as a "Black problem," the stark truth is that there are 40 million more impoverished white ...