Anna Bryson

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Anna Bryson

LeVar Burton, star of the PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow" and the landmark 1977 TV miniseries "Roots," announced Tuesday he is endorsing former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in Virginia’s lieutenant governor primary. Burton says it fills him with immense pride to be Stoney’s namesake and that Stoney embodies the values he’s spent much of his life advocating for: social justice, education and the transformative power of literacy.

1 week ago | roanoke.com | Anna Bryson

RICHMOND — LeVar Burton, star of the PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow" and the landmark 1977 TV miniseries "Roots," announced Tuesday he is endorsing former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in Virginia’s lieutenant governor primary. Burton says it fills him with immense pride to be Stoney’s namesake, and that Stoney embodies the values he’s spent much of his life advocating for: social justice, education, and the transformative power of literacy.

1 week ago | richmond.com | Anna Bryson

LeVar Burton, star of the PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow" and the landmark 1977 TV miniseries "Roots," announced Tuesday he is endorsing former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in Virginia’s lieutenant governor primary. Burton says it fills him with immense pride to be Stoney’s namesake, and that Stoney embodies the values he’s spent much of his life advocating for: social justice, education, and the transformative power of literacy.

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Anna Bryson

Virginia’s six Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor covered a lot of ground during a Thursday night debate in Prince William County, the last time all of the candidates will appear together in public ahead of the June 17 primary. Although the candidates shared common ground on many progressive priorities, the biggest point of contention was a proposal to allow a casino in Fairfax County’s Tysons Corner — one of the few issues that revealed a real divide among the field.

1 week ago | richmond.com | Anna Bryson

On a rainy Memorial Day morning at the site of the longest military event of the Civil War, a group of about 50 Catholics gathered to celebrate Mass — a tradition that just last year was at risk because of the National Parks Service’s decision to bar religious ceremonies on the grounds of the cemetery. Deacon Bob Young and the Rev.