by MCDC | Jul 7, 2016 | Action Alerts, News, Racism
If I say “black lives matter”, and you think I mean “black lives matter more than others”, we have a misunderstanding. If I say “white privilege is real” and it means white people have some unearned social advantages just because...
by MCDC | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Racism
By now you’ve surely seen the graphic critical of Hillary Clinton that the presumptive Republican presidential candidate tweeted out over the holiday weekend, just as his rival was set to be grilled by the FBI for its investigation into email practices at the State...
by MCDC | Jul 4, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Gun Reform, Issues, Minimum Wage, News, Video
In an interview with Fox News Sunday yesterday, McConnell told host Chris Wallace that a new Supreme Court justice must have the approval of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress explains the two right-wing organizations that McConnell...
by MCDC | Jul 1, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Events, Madison County, Quote of the Day, Video, Virginia
Please join us in the parade in Stanardsville on July 4th. The parade will go on, rain or shine. We will be assembling in front of the High School, in parade spot 46 (the numbers are in chalk on the road), starting at 9:00 am. The parade starts at 10:00 am. Main...
by MCDC | Jun 27, 2016 | Action Alerts, Equal Rights, News, Racism
Transcript: “Now, this award, this is not for me. This is for the real organizers all over the country. The activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers, the students that are realizing that a system built to...
by MCDC | Jun 23, 2016 | Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Gun Reform, News
At the height of the civil rights movement, before he could even dream of becoming a congressman from Georgia, Lewis trekked cross-country as one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In Alabama, he...
