NOTE: This story also appeared on WJLA.com on June 3, 2019. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Three weeks after a group of students were disciplined for using e-cigarettes on the grounds of Franklin Middle School in March 2018, a parent sent an email to Braddock District School … Continue reading‘I have never felt so powerless’: Fairfax County schools and parents battle vaping crisis
Religion is key to the culture of Tangier Island. The church provides reassurance that a higher power is watching over the island, protecting it from storms and erosion. NOTE: This is a companion to a larger piece on Tangier. TANGIER ISLAND — There are two churches here: Swain Memorial, … Continue reading‘God has always protected Tangier’: Religion on a disappearing Chesapeake Island
NOTE: A version of this story appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 27, 2018. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD — a multimedia package JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania — At one time, as much as 70 percent of the world’s glass was … Continue readingJeannette, PA: The rise and fall of the glass capital of the world
NOTE: This piece was originally published in July 2016. You can also read it here. RICHMOND, Va. — On Monument Avenue, amongst statues of long-dead Civil War generals, one piece stands out: a bronze sculpture of famed tennis player and Richmond native Arthur Ashe, Jr. … Continue readingThe last thing Arthur Ashe told the man who made his monument
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2016. You can also read it here. It was a requested follow-up to this story. RICHMOND, Va. – “For fifteen years of my life, I experienced unwanted same-sex attractions,” Christopher Doyle said. Doyle grew up … Continue readingConversion therapy, explained: by a practitioner and a victim
NOTE: This story was originally released for publication in September, 2015. You can also read it here. RICHMOND, Va. — The world came to Richmond this week, but has taken little notice of the city. Race organizers had praised the benefits of the UCI Road … Continue readingWhat kind of international press is UCI Worlds bringing to Richmond?