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 | Dec 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Climate Change, Environment, News
It’s not just misleading to tweet about bad science. It’s dangerous. The collapse in Arctic ice formations is already putting major cities in the crosshairs of sea level rise, and leaders in the federal government need to act. Unfortunately, Lamar Smith (R-TX), an...
by MCDC | Nov 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, History, Immigration Reform, Racism
“An elective despotism is not the government we fought for” Thomas Jefferson The two chief characteristics of despotism — restricted respect and concentrated power — are defined and illustrated in this short 1946 film from Encyclopaedia...
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 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, News, Social Security
A week ago at this time, pundits were speculating that Paul Ryan had so alienated the right wing with his tepid support for soon-to-be-presidential-loser Donald Trump that he might not retain his job as Speaker of the House when a new Congress is sworn in early next...
by MCDC | Nov 13, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Health Care, News, Social Security, Wall Street
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat you fairly. Most recently, the CFPB ordered Wells Fargo to refund thousands of customers who were charged fees for unauthorized...
