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End Gerrymandering. Support Redistricting Reform.
In Virginia, state legislators redraw district lines for the U.S. Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia after every 10-year census. Under the current system, the party in power in the House and the party in power in the Senate can draw...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s important to remember why America welcomes refugees. Desperate people, fleeing a terrifying, bloodthirsty regime, try to find refuge in the US. But the American government and the public don't want to accept them. They...
It starts with the House
Don't despair. Mobilize. The 2018 midterm elections are the next best chance for progressives to regain power in our government—by taking back the House of Representatives. [intense_blockquote color="success" border_color="#FFFFFF" border_radius="10px"]Help ensure a...
Mobile Justice – Virginia
WE SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT The United States of America was founded on the principles of liberty, justice, and the rule of law; we believe that American law enforcement is essential to the maintenance of our freedom. Facing the extraordinary...
Alt-facts from the alt-right
Merriam-Webster trolls Kellyanne Conway for calling falsehoods 'alternate facts' via ew.com Kellyanne Conway made headlines this weekend for rebranding the White House’s false information about Donald Trump’s inauguration crowds as “alternative facts.” So, the social...
Trump Goes Nuclear in the War On Women
The most vulnerable and the most in need of justice come last in Trump's America. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed as Pub.L....
I Can’t Keep Quiet
"These women are from different states and never met till today. They practiced this song online. I was crying the whole time I filmed this. Show them some love." ~Alma Har'el These women are from different states and never met till today. They practiced this...
Amazing Grace
via People's Action In his eulogy for Reverend Pinckney at Mother Emanuel in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama said “to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and house the homeless is not just a call for isolated charity but the imperative of a just society.”...
Stop Asking What The Women’s March Is “About”
https://www.facebook.com/events/142008659620007/ By Shani Silver Stop asking what it’s about. Stop asking what I think it will accomplish. Stop trying to undermine a gathering of women by belittling them with questions you’d never ask a man. Stop thinking women...
We the People: public art for the inauguration and beyond
Eight years ago, the artist Shepard Fairey made the iconic image that captured a period of HOPE in America. Today we are in a very different moment, one that requires new images that reject the hate, fear, and open racism that were normalized during the 2016...
