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For ex-offenders, a roller coaster ride to vote
“I don’t care what their politics are,” McAuliffe said in an interview Thursday while visiting the Dan River Region for an economic announcement. “I want them to vote.” McAuliffe also countered the notion that his executive order was to earn Democratic voters or score...
Voter registration is the antidote to voter suppression
The conventional wisdom in the South is that despite gains on the local level, candidates who represent the views of people of color cannot win statewide office. But this conventional wisdom ignores the numbers. In 2012 there were 3.7 million unregistered black...
Trump Claims He Respects HRC supporters.
Yeah, right. Every HRC supporter with a twitter account — please weigh in on the twitter thread and beat back the trumpers....
On This 9/11, Recapture The Spirit Of Service
So now what? This 9/11 will see no forum on national service like the one in 2008, which is too bad. This strange and even harsher election season hasn’t sparked much public conversation regarding AmeriCorps expansion. Hillary Clinton has offered a plan embracing the...
Trump’s Loyalty
Donald Trump is a birther. He accused the president of being born in Kenya. Trump claimed he sent investigators on the hunt for the evidence. Then he dropped it and started a campaign for the presidency. When asked about it today he deflects to another subject as if...
The View from Trump Tower
Satire. But just barely.
Jane's For Jobs!
#GetConnected https://youtu.be/cnZ18YjD1tY A well-paying, meaningful job for every adult is at the root of addressing most of the fundamental challenges of our country. Jane supports essential job growth by working with localities to determine and then represent their...
Aetna’s $1 Billion Ransom Against the ACA
Washington, DC - In a letter sent to Aetna's CEO today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) raised questions about the company's decision to withdraw from the federal...
The Shocking Racism of the Virginia Republican Party
Washington Post Editorial September 5, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-republicans-essentially-racist-project/2016/09/05/54a51c18-713c-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html?utm_term=.ddd13a405da3 IN ABOUT 40 states, people convicted of serious crimes...
