For Democracy
Engage • Volunteer • Organize • Vote
News
It’s Not Over Yet! AARP
As you know, Governor McDonnell is about to make a decision about Medicaid expansion. If he supports it, thousands of Virginians who have lost their jobs or are struggling in jobs without health insurance would finally have access to affordable...
The True Costs of Industrialized Food
The True Costs of Industrialized Food Sunday, 24 March 2013 14:16 By Staff, Other Worlds | Report “We are the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe. And reclaiming the democratic control over our food and water and our ecological survival is the...
Statewide Primaries in 3 Months | Albemarle County Democratic Party
Statewide Primaries in 3 Months By Albemarle County Democratic Party On March 11, 2013 We’ll be nominating our candidates for statewide offices by primary election exactly 3 months from today on Tuesday, June 11th. Find out more about our candidates: Terry McAuliffe...
Congressman Boasts on Twitter About the Money He Got to Support CISPA
Congressman boasts on Twitter about the money he got to support CISPA, then thinks better of it Cory Doctorow at 11:39 am Sat, Mar 23 CISPA is a bill before Congress that will radically increase the ease with which the government and police can spy on people without...
Not letting up – The Maddow Blog
Not letting up By Will Femia - Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:35 AM EDT Supporters of New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement SAFE Act rally in Harlem, March 21, 2013. via Not letting up - The Maddow Blog.
Stupidest Budget Cuts Ever – or, Why Cutting Contraception Is Not Conservative
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A stitch in time saves nine. One dollar spent on contraception saves three on pregnancy and newborn care, and that is just the beginning. Nationally, we spend 11 billion taxpayer dollars a year on unintended...
Corporations Are Not People, People!
PUT CITIZENS UNITED IN THE DUMPSTER OF BAD IDEAS "Money isn't speech and corporations aren't people" Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First...
Mitch McConnell actually said this:
Friend -- Mitch McConnell just showed us the Republican Party's true colors. He actually told a crowd that Hillary Clinton looks like she's from "a rerun of the 'Golden Girls.'" It's unclear why McConnell and his fellow Republicans think it's OK to engage in sexist...
We Petition the Obama Administration to:
Require Congressmen & Senators to wear logos of their financial backers on their clothing, much like NASCAR drivers do. And yes, Democrats, this means you too. Since most politicians' campaigns are largely funded by wealthy companies and individuals, it would give...
EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor’s Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
A top expert who helped write the government's latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects—a fact the State Department tried to hide. —By Andy Kroll | Thu Mar. 21, 2013 3:00 AM PDT Late on a Friday afternoon in early March, the...
