Opinion: Independent Progressive: On the Road Again
Now that the country is pretty much down to a pandemic of the unvaccinated with national public health policy guided by science, not weird politics, we think this is the time to make up for travel we had to cancel in 2020.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Thinking About ‘Good Trouble’
Today I was thinking about "Good Trouble."
Opinion: Commentary: Economic Recovery Is More Than Escaping COVID-19
Our local economy is in a precarious position, and it’s not just because of pandemic
Over the last year, our economy struggled to hang on amidst unpredictable changes in pandemic regulations, with over 45 percent of small businesses in the region closing permanently or temporarily, and roughly 49,000 Fairfax County residents remain unemployed.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Free and Open Exchange Benefits All
Across the nation, state lawmakers are actively working to prevent students from having an open and equitable history education - one that both acknowledges the role of racism in the United States and portrays the lived realities and viewpoints of people in marginalized communities accurately.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Let’s Have an Intellectually Honest Gubernatorial Contest
As a lifelong Republican who voted for Trump twice, I’m truly dismayed by our party’s reliance on false narrative and grievance-driven politics.
Opinion: Commentary: Investments in Human Services Safety Net Make Us Stronger
As a once-in-a-century pandemic, the COVID pandemic produced impacts way beyond just its serious health impacts.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Calling for Support of Legislative Policies on COVID-19
Over the last year till now, the world has faced one of its most prominent periods of economic and sociological hardships known to man.
Opinion: Commentary: Awash in Cash?
With the news reports of the cash coming to state and local governments from the federal government to provide relief from the effects of the COVID pandemic and the announcement that Virginia will have a sizable cash balance at the end of this fiscal year, one could conclude that government is awash in cash!
Opinion: Commentary: Closing the Digital Divide
Federal funds make this possible by 2024
Last Friday, Governor Northam announced good news for Virginia: $700 million in American Rescue Plan Funding will be invested to achieve universal broadband in the Commonwealth by 2024!
Opinion: Column: Definitely on My List
As the month of May was swept away with the last of the network-season's original programming, those of us still in lockdown and quarantining had our own reality to embrace: there was nothing new on network television.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia’s Largest Industry
Virginia’s largest private industry is agriculture with an economic impact of $70 billion annually and 334,000 jobs.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia Private Colleges Week
July 26-31 marks Private Colleges Week in Virginia.
Opinion: Column: Time to Kill
(Again, not a cancer column. Given the title, it would be a pretty gruesome reference to my life in the cancer world if it were.)
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Beacon Hill Site Meets All Criteria
Thank you for “County Eyes Spot for New Fire Station and Affordable Housing” in the July 1 Gazette.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Pay Alexandria City Employees Fairly
The Alexandria City Government has a pay philosophy for its employees that salaries will “be competitive at a minimum with the average pay” of its comparators.