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Jesse Williams' Powerful, Inspiring Speech on Race Relations
Transcript: "Now, this award, this is not for me. This is for the real organizers all over the country. The activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers, the students that are realizing that a...
‘Good trouble’: How John Lewis fuses new and old tactics to teach about civil disobedience
At the height of the civil rights movement, before he could even dream of becoming a congressman from Georgia, Lewis trekked cross-country as one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In Alabama, he...
Restore the Voting Rights Act
Three years ago this week — on June 25, 2013 — the U.S. Supreme Court in its Shelby County v. Holder decision gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a civil rights law signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to ban racial discrimination in voting. Within minutes of...
All in the name of profit
https://youtu.be/A2yDxc85zG0 Following the worst mass shooting in modern American history, 56 senators blocked critical gun safety measures that would have kept guns out of the hands of people on the terror watch list. #Republicans won't allow guns at their own...
Congratulations, Yasmine Taeb!
"Yesterday, I was incredibly honored and proud to be elected as the first Iranian and Muslim-American from Virginia to serve on the Democratic National Committee! I can't begin to express how humbled and thankful I am for the support I received not only from my...
2016 Virginia Democratic Convention
The Madison County Democratic Committee congratulates the Democratic Party of Virginia for a successful convention in Richmond yesterday. We're especially pleased that the most progressive platform in party history was overwhelmingly approved by the majority of the...
Sen. Tim Kaine Gives Emotional, Powerful Speech on Gun Violence
Sen. Tim Kaine joins Sen. Chris Murphy's filibuster. https://youtu.be/nczha-aDmN4 Please watch this powerful speech by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine on gun violence and ask yourself this question: What will it take and when will we act? -David J. Toscano
The (alleged) Oppostion Research on Donald Trump
"One thing is clear about Donald Trump, there is only one person he has ever looked out for and that’s himself. Whether it’s American workers, the Republican Party, or his wives, Trump’s only fidelity has been to himself and with that he has shown that he has no...
The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
How Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting. "With Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned,...
Dittmar has vision for 5th District
Excerpted from the CHATHAM STAR-TRIBUNE Virginia’s 5th Congressional District is a large, diverse region that represents bustling, affluent communities to the north, which sharply contrast with areas to the south that have suffered considerable losses and high...
