by MCDC | Aug 8, 2013 | History, Video
This month marks the 50th anniversary of “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” when up-to 300,000 people took part in one of America’s largest rallies for human rights, showing their support for President John F. Kennedy’s civil rights legislation. The event...
by MCDC | Aug 6, 2013 | Issues, Video
Mitch McConnell staged 420 filibusters since he became Minority Leader in 2007. It’s the highest rate of obstruction in history – but a badge of honor for McConnell, who once declared himself the “proud guardian of gridlock.” After nearly three decades in Washington,...
by MCDC | Aug 2, 2013 | Events, Madison County, Video, Virginia Election 2013
“Thomas Jefferson wrote, ‘Come forward then and give us the aid of your talents and the weight of your character towards the new establishment of [democracy].’ The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia is proud to...
by MCDC | Aug 2, 2013 | Action Alerts, Energy, Environment, Issues, Keystone XL, Video
A new analysis by Richard Stover, Ph.D., and the Center for Biological Diversity of oil and gas pipeline safety in the United States reveals a troubling history of spills, contamination, injuries and deaths. This time-lapse video shows pipeline incidents from 1986 to...
by MCDC | Jul 31, 2013 | Issues, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Senator Ralph Northam talks about his campaign for Lt. Governor and what’s at stake for Virginians in the upcoming election. “Like so many Virginians, I have been troubled by the repeated attempts to restrict women’s reproductive rights. One of the reasons I got...
by MCDC | Jul 30, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
“Ken Cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to investigate a U-Va. professor whose research on climate change Cuccinelli opposed. Cuccinelli, a climate change denier, forced the university to spend over half a million dollars defending itself against its own attorney general....
