by MCDC | Mar 15, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, History, Racism, Video
Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, civil rights activists, demonstrating for voting rights, were savagely attacked by Alabama state troopers and vigilantes as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. That day became known as “Bloody Sunday.” That night, ABC News...
by MCDC | Mar 11, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News, Video
Senate #Republicans sidestep Barack Obama and send a letter to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning him not to strike a nuclear deal with the president. https://www.facebook.com/MadisonDemocrats/posts/816024408473312 WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION to...
by MCDC | Mar 6, 2015 | Economy, Employment, News, Video
The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, which crushed expectations. That beat the estimate from CNNMoney’s survey of economists, who predicted 235,000 job gains. February’s job growth shows how far the economy has come in a year. It’s the...
by MCDC | Mar 4, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Events, News, Racism, Video
By Sari Horwitz The Justice Department will issue findings Wednesday that accuse the police department in Ferguson, Mo., of racial bias and routinely violating the constitutional rights of black citizens by stopping drivers without reasonable suspicion, making arrests...
by MCDC | Feb 4, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, News, Video
The video intersperses clips from Wisconsin Governor (and presumed presidential candidate) Scott Walker’s recent state of the state speech with video of Walker’s State Capitol Police arresting people for observing other people singing folk songs in the...
by MCDC | Jan 20, 2015 | Economy, Education, Employment, Events, Issues, News, Video, Virginia
In our growing global economy, Americans need to have more knowledge and more skills to compete — by 2020, an estimated 35 percent of job openings will require at least a bachelor’s degree, and 30 percent will require some college or an associate’s...
