150 community members testified against the plan, which some have called an attempt to squeeze out liberal challengers to the council’s moderate bloc.

The death was the sixth at the Arlington jail over the last six years.

As students say they want school to feel safer and more inclusive, five parents are suing the school board to block a racial equity program.

The Talbot Boys statue was erected in Talbot County in 1916 during the Jim Crow Era.

The city says it will prioritize proposals that honor the legacies of late D.C. mayor Marion Barry Jr. and civil rights activist Frank Reeves.

Peter Newsham will become chief of the Prince William County Police Department in February. Supporters applaud his ability to head a 50% Black police force in the nation’s capital. Activists say change goes deeper than the makeup of the force.

For the last five years, Pastor Michelle Thomas restored a burial ground used by enslaved people in Virginia. Then, when her teenage son drowned, she buried him in it.

The “Get Off Our Necks” Commitment March on Washington has at least 40,000 registrants. The NAACP is also planning a virtual event.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says it’s investigating after Kaheem Arkim Smith, 46, filed a complaint into Thursday’s traffic stop.

Last year, moving a Confederate Monument from the Loudoun County Courthouse lawn was impossible. This year it’s inevitable. What changed?