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Mahir Ali IT is somewhat disconcerting to find myself almost in agreement with US Senator Lindsey Graham, a particularly odious representative of the Republican leadership that propped up the Trump presidency for four years, and seems determined to perpetuate its sordid legacy. But he was on the ball when he told Fox News Sunday: “AOC said his first 100 days exceeded her expectations. That’s all you need to know.” Of course, what he meant by “That’s all you need to know” is vastly different from the way many others would interpret New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’...

Emancipation Day honors the day slavery ended in Washington, D.C. after President Lincoln signed the DC Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862. District residents marked the first anniversary after the Civil War with a parade. For the last 159 years, D.C. has marked the important date with celebrations including concerts, parades and more. Although there won't be a big, public celebration in 2021 due to the pandemic, we have ideas below on how to celebrate. How did D.C.'s Black community react to the news? African-Americans had been traveling to D.C. to escape war and bondage for years, and the...

Updated / Tuesday, 9 Mar 2021 17:00 We're delighted to present an extract from The Great Leviathan: The Life of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo 1788-1845, published by New Island Books. From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a cast of the famous and infamous, Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, lived life to the absolute limits. From a youth of hedonistic self-indulgence in Regency England to a reforming, responsible, well-i...

Supervisors remember ‘The Settlement,’ a freed-slave community Brentsville District Supervisor Jeanine Lawson stands with Yolanda King, of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Gainesville to recognize The Settlement. After the Emancipation Act and the end of the Civil War, many freed slaves built communities across Prince William County. One of those communities, known as “The Settlement,” within the triangle of Old Carolina, Carver Road and Lee Highway in Gainesville, remains, to this day, home to many descendants of those early County residents. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, f...

Noble: Who really cares? How shallow protests ignore chance for real change ‘ Poor children are victims of circumstance/ In life they never really get a chance/Or have opportunities as privileged children do/ The road from the poor suburb to prison leads them/ From broken homes they are condemned to fail/ Their abusive and drug-addicted parents serving time in jail/ Their parents too homeless in their teen years/ On no hope street no laughter only tears.’ — Francis Duggan (2008). Photo: Poverty is a severe strain on family life. In a period racked with national pain, it has been instruc...