For Democracy
Engage • Volunteer • Organize • Vote
News
The Most Venal Man in Virginia
"Republicans appear to have outmaneuvered Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a state budget standoff by persuading a Democratic senator to resign his seat, at least temporarily giving the GOP control of the chamber and possibly dooming the governor’s push to expand Medicaid...
New Photo ID Requirements Beginning July 1, 2014
Virginia law requires all voters to provide an acceptable form of identification (ID) at the polls. Voters arriving to the polls without ID will be required to vote a provisional ballot and will have until noon on the Friday after the election to deliver a copy of...
Republicans Propose Limiting Food Aid to Rural Children
Usually Republicans are a little more subtle in their contempt for poor people in urban areas. But now they're being completely up-front about it. Poor white kids will get extra money for meals when school is out of session. Poor black kids won't. I'm not surprised...
Don’t Be So Selfish
http://stephaniemcmillan.org/
Demand a Plan
http://youtu.be/64G5FfG2Xpg
Reid Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United and McCutcheon
by Joan McCarter http://youtu.be/gLGqS_j8Ogk Thursday morning Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his support for a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and McCutcheon, the two Supreme Court decisions allowing big money nearly...
Eric Cantor Paid $80,800 to Lobby Against Net Neutrality
“Bad for consumers, bad for the next generation of businesses and bad for democracy.” The proposal “undercuts net neutrality and would favor wealthy corporations by allowing ‘pay to play’ rules to stifle small businesses.” The 28 House members who lobbied the Federal...
Give America a Raise
Even though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an air-tight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the nineteenth-century robber barons, right-wing conservatives haven’t stopped lying about what’s happening and what to do...
Reaganomics Killed America’s Middle Class
This country's fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980 By Thom Hartmann, Alternet There’s nothing “normal” about having a middle class. Having a middle class is a choice that a society has to make, and it’s a choice we need to make...
Virginia Republicans on Cruz Control
A group of recalcitrant Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates have blocked Medicaid expansion at every opportunity. They are so determined to keep poor people from getting health care that they are preventing passage of a two-year budget for the state for the...
