by MCDC | Oct 10, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Gun Reform, News
via ThinkProgress [Republican presidential candidate Ben] Carson — who is currently leading in some polls — started down this path after the UCC shooting in Oregon, where 13 people were killed. Carson argued that the victims should have attacked the shooter. (In fact,...
by MCDC | Oct 8, 2015 | 2015 General Election, Action Alerts, News, Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2015 CONTACT: Morgan Finkelstein, morgan@vademocrats.org, 804-335-0967 In Case You Missed It: ADLF CALLS FOR ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO REP. COMSTOCK The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the U.S. House of...
by MCDC | Sep 3, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, History, Madison County, Racism, Video, Voter Rights
Please join the Madison County Democratic Committee at our next regular meeting, Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the George James Community Center, located at 1215 George James Loop, Radiant, VA 22732. We’ll have a brief business meeting, followed...
by MCDC | Aug 16, 2015 | Civil Rights, History, News
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary civil rights activist Julian Bond. From his days as the co-founder and communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s to his chairmanship of the NAACP in the 21st...
by MCDC | Aug 12, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, History, News, Racism, Voter Rights
Fifty years ago, the Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests and other measures that had prevented African-Americans from voting. After its passage, Congress amended the act four times to increase its scope. But in 2013, a Supreme Court decision blocked the...
by MCDC | Aug 12, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Income Inequality, News
Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch on Sunday compared the efforts of his political network to the fight for civil rights and other “freedom movements,” part of a growing effort by the organization to emphasize its commitment to the plight of the disenfranchised....
