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Becoming Aware of Child Sex Trafficking
The problem extends throughout northern Virginia.
She stands on the sidewalk outside the mall with her backpack full of 7th grade science and math books. An older man pulls up and she gets in the backseat of his car.
Low-Income Families Struggle as Benefits End
Food benefits
Raw and Real Poetry by Arlington Youth Poets
‘These poems are moving and striking and most of all, wise. … Prepare to be wowed.’
Poetry
In the Kitchen: Working Inside Alexandria Food Trucks
Specializing in what their customers want.
Mike Tokarz has pulled on his transparent plastic gloves and scoops out the second layer of the Pearl Special, a pint-size container layered with mac and cheese, baked beans and chopped pulled pork in the Rocklands Barbeque food truck kitchen.
Black Seniors at Culpepper Garden
The journeys three current Black residents made to Culpepper Garden.
Black seniors
People At Work: City’s Sign Fabricator
Meeting an ever-increasing need for signs.
The black wedge jerks back and forth, making small cuts in the shiny red vinyl. Two or three minutes later Abraham (“they call me Abe here”) Kifle, sign fabricator for the City of Alexandria, cuts off the 24-inch rectangle from the large roll with his sharp blade.
Deliberation on Major Housing Proposal Enters Homestretch
County proposes county-wide change from single to multi-family zoning
Competing signs and loud vocalizations characterized the deep divide between the proponents and opponents of the Arlington County...