by MCDC | Feb 21, 2017 | 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, News, Virginia
Rural Caucus Mission: To nurture connections between communities of people who may, or may not yet, vote Democratic in Virginia’s non-urban areas, to engage local people to determine the issues and priorities that matter to them, and to ensure sustainable rural life...
by MCDC | Feb 15, 2017 | News, Virginia
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/general-assembly-kills-redistricting-reform-efforts/article_c9484274-f2c0-11e6-bfd2-2b8d634d979d.html Republican members of the House Privileges and Elections subcommittee voted against reporting one of several redistricting bills...
by MCDC | Feb 14, 2017 | Discrimination, News, Racism, Virginia
A federal judge in Alexandria has issued a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s travel ban, dealing another blow to the White House attempt to bar residents of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The executive order, Judge...
by MCDC | Feb 12, 2017 | 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, 2018 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Madison County, News, Virginia
A new, liberal tea party is forming. Can it last without turning against Democrats? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/a-new-liberal-tea-party-is-forming-can-it-last-without-turning-on-democrats/2017/02/11/94421200-efdf-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html It’s a...
by MCDC | Jan 28, 2017 | Action Alerts, Video, Virginia
In Virginia, state legislators redraw district lines for the U.S. Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia after every 10-year census. Under the current system, the party in power in the House and the party in power in the Senate can draw...
by MCDC | Dec 6, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Issues, Racism, Virginia
Anti-Muslim rhetoric currently receives widespread media coverage. In the face of a massive refugee crisis and growing instability across the Middle East and North Africa, the public discourse often eschews nuanced distinctions about extremism and misappropriation of...
