by MCDC | Aug 22, 2016 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Virginia
Governor McAuliffe’s Restoration of Rights Policy August 22, 2016 Restoring the rights of individuals who have served their time and reentered society is the right thing to do. Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement policy is rooted in a tragic history of voter...
by MCDC | Aug 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Issues, News, Virginia, Voter Rights
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce today that he has restored the rights of more than 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis, two sources said. During a noon ceremony at the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial on Capitol Square, the governor also is expected to detail his...
by MCDC | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016 General Election, History, News, Racism
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today. Yusef Salaam was 15 years old...
by MCDC | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Issues, Virginia
“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured? I like people who weren’t captured.” “You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass.” “I will build a great wall. And nobody...
by MCDC | Aug 18, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News
This Tuesday, the FBI sent a letter to GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the nation’s top Democrat on that Committee, telling them that Hillary Clinton did not compose and send any emails...
