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Column: A taste of New Orleans cuisine — and civil rights legacy — at Dooky Chase

August 21, 2023August 23, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, July 9, print edition. BY GLEN MASON VIRGINIA BEACH — I was elated when The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy premiered recently

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Column: What’s in a name? For some, it’s a loaded question

September 6, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Aug. 21, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — In 2017, a few cousins on my mother’s side participated

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From the Editor: Losing a voice for local food, but new voices continue to emerge

January 30, 2022March 2, 2022 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Jane Bloodworth Rowe and I recently worked together on a story about the end — if only for now

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Government Public Safety Virginia Beach

Outgoing AG says VBPD used phony documents to get confessions, chief put stop to the practice

January 14, 2022 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Police in Virginia Beach used fake documents they represented as coming from the state forensic department to get

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Judge: Virginia Beach voting system illegal, denies minorities a voice in local elections

April 11, 2021April 20, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 11, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A federal judge on Wednesday, March 31, ruled that

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Worth Reading: The gripping story of the early work of civil rights icon John Lewis

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 The Independent News

BY CORTNEY MORSE DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — The story of John Lewis is one of faith. Faith in a higher power. Faith in the leaders

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Us: The Rev. Dr. James Allen of the Virginia Beach Interdenominational Ministers Conference

June 26, 2019 The Independent News

BY JAMES ALLEN VIRGINIA BEACH — I write this as we approach another Memorial Day, when service men and women are putting their lives

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Editorial: There is room for more history at the site of the Confederate monument in Virginia Beach

October 3, 2017 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS There are generalizations in the discussion about whether a monument to those from Princess Anne County who served the Confederacy should

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Government Human Rights

From the Editor: A modest proposal related to registration

December 11, 2016December 12, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — President-elect Donald Trump in 2015 said he wouldn’t rule out compiling a registration of Muslim people in the U.S. Now it looks

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