by MCDC | Sep 16, 2016 | History, News
THE SMITHSONIAN’S National Museum of African American History and Culture opens on Sept. 24 in Washington after a long journey. Thirteen years since Congress and President George W. Bush authorized its construction, the 400,000-square-foot building stands on a...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Racism, Virginia, Voter Rights
UPDATE: RICHMOND (September 15, 2016) — Attorney General Herring issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected legislators’ motion to hold Governor McAuliffe in contempt for his efforts to restore Virginians’ voting...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Quote of the Day, Video
Keith Olbermann’s Premiere Episode Absolutely Eviscerates ‘Demonic Messiah’ Donald Trump “Every few generations we Americans are called upon to defend our country,” Olbermann begins. “To defend it not so much from foreign dictators or war or terrorism, but from those...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Issues, Madison County
SAT, SEP 17, 2016 11:00AM – 2:00PM EDT Madison County Library 402 N Main St. Madison, Virginia 22727 Please RSVP (and bring a friend)! Hillary Clinton has served as secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York, first lady of the United States, first lady of...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2016 | Environment, Global Warming, News
ONCE UPON A time, climate science and politics were separate things. Then came several decades of scientific denial, distortion, and gaslighting. One of the companies responsible for politicizing climate change is ExxonMobil, which for years funded climate change...
by MCDC | Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, History, News, Racism, Virginia
More than one in five African-Americans in Virginia are disenfranchised, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that focuses on criminal justice. McAuliffe has said the reinstatement of felons’ voting rights would distance Virginia from Jim...
