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It's Saturday, April 12, 2025. This morning, Eric Bonds on immigrant neighbors, Alan Herrmann on journalism in film, and the Best of the Week.

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COMMENTARY: Remembering Rosa’s Courage, and What We Lose if an Undocumented Neighbor is Deported

By Eric Bonds

Photo by Miko Guziuk on Unsplash

Told to “self deport,” one woman stood for her family, and taught us all what we lose by pushing out undocumented people who are at the core of our communities.

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Journalism in American Film, Part 2: The Insider and Shattered Glass

By Alan Herrmann

Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash

Films about journalism are entertaining and remind us of the need to preserve an honest and free press to defend our fragile democracy.

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Best of the Week

Commentary

• FROM THE EDITOR - Politics Can Wait; It's Time to Problem-solve

• 'Not Here' Won't Lead to Better Choices

• AT HOME: Signs of Freedom

Consumer

• Weight Loss Medications Are Effective, and Expensive

Executive Orders Project

• Government Contracts: Cuts to Federal Food Program Affects Local Food Bank

• 'Now We Can’t Do the Work That We’re Passionate About'

Humor

• JK America

Local Interest

• History Thursday: 720 Littlepage Street

• All Hands on Deck for Fredericksburg Hands Off Protest

Politics

• Virginia Gubernatorial Preview

• Stafford Board of Supervisors Chair: "Are We Willing to Make Tough Decisions?"

Special Coverage

This week, the area was rocked by two cases involving young people and firearms.

• Parents Charged in Spotsylvania School Gun Incident

• SHOOTING UPDATE - Fredericksburg City Schools on 2 Hour Delay Wednesday; Suspects Remain at-Large

• A Resident of Olde Greenwich Community Was Involved in this Week's Shooting; Will Not Be Charged

Local Obituaries

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