by MCDC | Dec 8, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, News
“Steve Cohen and I made a follow up to Aftermath, for all of the people who voted for Trump who told me they were good people.” Tess Rafferty Since I’ve posted the video Aftermath: 2016, I have been told that good people voted for Trump. I have been...
by MCDC | Dec 6, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Issues, Racism, Virginia
Anti-Muslim rhetoric currently receives widespread media coverage. In the face of a massive refugee crisis and growing instability across the Middle East and North Africa, the public discourse often eschews nuanced distinctions about extremism and misappropriation of...
by MCDC | Nov 21, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights
We have been honored and a bit overwhelmed by the outpouring of support since the presidential election from people who want to make a difference as we embark on what ACLU national Executive Director Anthony Romero has called “the fight of our life.” Based...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Racism
We must reach out in solidarity and protection to those who feel and are most vulnerable. Donald Trump ran on racial bigotry and misogyny — not implicitly and covertly, but explicitly and overtly. In an America that is rapidly changing demographically and culturally,...
by MCDC | Nov 8, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Gun Reform, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage
#GoVote Hillary Clinton has served as Secretary of State, Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States, First Lady of Arkansas, a practicing lawyer and law professor, activist, and volunteer, but the first things her friends and family will tell you is that...
by MCDC | Nov 6, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Income Inequality, Madison County, Minimum Wage, Virginia
Virginia currently has a right-to-work statute that bans employers from requiring union membership. Supporters are seeking to add right-to-work regulations to the Virginia Constitution to prevent future lawmakers from undoing the state’s current laws, according...
