by MCDC | Jan 22, 2017 | 2016 General Election, News
The most vulnerable and the most in need of justice come last in Trump’s America. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed as...
by MCDC | Jan 15, 2017 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, News
The next four years are going to be a constant assault against all of the progress made in the past hundred years by women, minorities, LGBTQ folks, immigrants and democracy itself. Everyone who knows me knows exactly how I feel about the impending Trump Presidency,...
by MCDC | Jan 13, 2017 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, History, News, Racism, Video
The lost letter from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s widow opposing Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship in 1986 has been found, and it’s a doozy.. “The irony of Mr. Sessions’ nomination is that, if confirmed, he will be given life tenure for doing...
by MCDC | Jan 11, 2017 | 2016 General Election, News, Video
In his farewell address, President Barack Obama urged citizens to take action. “Our democracy…needs you. Not just when there’s an election.” “My fellow Americans —Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well wishes that...
by MCDC | Jan 10, 2017 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, News
“It’s becoming clear that for the next few years American foreign policy will be shaped by the struggle among Republican regulars, populist ethno-nationalists and the forces of perpetual chaos unleashed by Donald Trump’s attention span. The Republican regulars...
by MCDC | Jan 4, 2017 | News
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump captured American voters’ dissatisfaction with Washington, D.C., in just three words: “Drain the Swamp.” But despite the president-elect’s insistence that he will uphold the catchy campaign pledge, Trump has failed to—or more...
