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Colin Powell Blasts GOP’s Vote Suppression Scheme
On Face the Nation this Sunday, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, warned his fellow Republicans that the continuing push to restrict voting rights is going to "backfire" and harm the Republican Party:...
Stand Up, Virginia!
STATE VOTING INFORMATION – VIRGINIA VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE (BY MAIL): 10/14/2013 ELECTION DAY: 11/5/2013 GET INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING IN VIRGINIA Questions about voting in your state: (800)...
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands gathered early Saturday on the nation's "front yard," the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, yearning for a bit of that transcendent sense of racial unity heralded on this spot by the Rev. Martin Luther King 50 years ago in his "I...
Raising the Minimum Wage Could Be a Winning Issue for Democrats. Here’s Why.
Liberals have spent years now agonizing over why it is that many working-class white Americans vote for the party whose policies on taxes, organized labor and much more work against their own economic interests—the "What's the matter with Kansas" problem. Well, here...
My Grandfather Would Roll Over In His Grave
Speaking directly to the camera, Paul Osborne of Raven says “My family’s been in Southwest Virginia since the mid 1800s. My grandfather would roll over in his grave if he saw what was going on today with the energy companies.” “Ken Cuccinelli is helping the energy...
Madison Candidates’ Night Forums
MEET YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES ASK QUESTIONS, GET ANSWERS! Elections Countdown Look for the "Question Box" At the Madison County Library, ask your question at the forum or submit in advance by post or email Rural Madison c/o 2246 Lindsay Lane Madison, VA 22727...
In Perspective – Senator Ralph Northam
From This Week In Richmond, Senator Ralph Northam offers an in-depth perspective on the issues and challenges facing Virginia.
You Don’t Need a Law Degree to Know Right from Wrong
In case you missed the news this summer, the Supreme Court set a date to hear McCutcheon v. FEC, a case that challenges aggregate campaign contribution limits. On October 8, 2013, the folks who opened the floodgates for outside spending in Citizens United v. FEC may...
GOP Considering Intentional Debt-Ceiling Breach
In what has to be the least convincing pitch in modern political memory, House Republican leaders are suggesting to their members that they should forego a government shutdown over Obamacare and instead breach the debt ceiling over Obamacare. Reuters reports that “the...
Virginia Republican Kills Immigration Reform. For Everyone.
Virginia Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that he would not allow an immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship to pass his committee (thereby preventing it from coming up for a vote on the floor),...
