by MCDC | Aug 9, 2015 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Racism
So far this year, 24 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police – one every nine days, according to a Washington Post database of fatal police shootings. During a single two-week period in April, three unarmed black men were shot and killed....
by MCDC | Jul 31, 2015 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, Racism, Video
Columbia University professor and Roosevelt Institute’s Dorian Warren, Rinku Sen from ColorLines.com, co-President of GlobalGrind.com Michael Skolnik, and Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, join Melissa Harris-Perry for a discussion on how to be a good ally....
by MCDC | Jul 7, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Virginia, Voter Rights
Download report This is the least understood and least reported big issue in Virginia. Our state government is an all-powerful disaster zone. The normal checks and balances on a state legislature are: 1. Federal government. 2. State judiciary. 3. Local government....
by MCDC | Jul 1, 2015 | 2015 General Election, Action Alerts, Issues, News, Virginia
RICHMOND — For the first time in history, Emily’s List is targeting a sitting state lawmaker — and Virginia state Sen. Richard H. Black has earned the dubious honor. The national political action committee is putting Black “on notice” for his opposition to Medicaid...
by MCDC | Jun 26, 2015 | Action Alerts, Racism
by MCDC | Jun 22, 2015 | Action Alerts, Events, Racism
“One of the things I wanted all my life is to be a man, not a black man, but a man. There’s no way I can ever be a man in Charleston, South Carolina. I’m 80 years old and I’ll always be a boy..to the system.” -William Saunders...
