Charlotte Harris was in custody for being accused of instigating the burning of a barn by a Black teenager, Jim Ergenbright. Ergenbright would also be taken into custody. She was awaiting trial when a group of 12 disguised men seized her from custody and hung her to a tree, 400 yards from the prison where she stayed in, March 6, 1878. She is the only recorded Black woman who was a victim of lynching in Virginia. Through a project directed...

Sweet Joy's sweet history Sweet Joy’s Cakes and Desserts’ owner Naomi Joy Brazeil begins each week with 20 cake orders with each call, each online order, each in-person visit adding to that list. Working with a team of five, they follow through with their practiced motions of prepping, creating and delivering the cake. In one week, seven people may make 50 cakes. However, this small business began from even smaller beginnings.  Naomi...

Constantly overthinking a topic, is not a rare concept. However, there is a line between healthy overthinking and obsession.  Obsession is never healthy, no matter how much a person may try to defend themself. If it gets to the point that someone sounds desperate to get their point across then it has reached the level of fixation. There are many ways people can define the word, Oxford Languages defines fixation as “having an obsessive...