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....
by MCDC | Jul 29, 2015 | 2016 General Election, News, Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2015 CONTACT: Morgan Finkelstein, morgan@vademocrats.org With Jim Gilmore filing to run for president today, many Americans found themselves furiously googling the nation’s 17th GOP candidate. The Democratic Party of...
by MCDC | Jul 22, 2015 | 2016 General Election, News
Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump wouldn’t apologize Sunday after igniting a political firestorm a day earlier by questioning whether Sen. John McCain — who spent five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War — is a war hero. Asked by ABC News...
by MCDC | Jul 7, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Virginia, Voter Rights
Download report This is the least understood and least reported big issue in Virginia. Our state government is an all-powerful disaster zone. The normal checks and balances on a state legislature are: 1. Federal government. 2. State judiciary. 3. Local government....
