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Ehrenthal: Understanding Medicare

Ehrenthal: Understanding Medicare

With all of the controversy surrounding proposed cuts to Medicare, it would be a good idea to understand just what Medicare is, and is not. Medicare is a medical payment program t ...

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Ehrenthal: Social Security Follies

Ehrenthal: Social Security Follies

There is a serious movement in Congress to raise the age of eligibility for receiving Social Security. Social Securiy benefits are solvent for thirty years and then after that poi ...

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Ehrenthal: Southern Fried America

Ehrenthal: Southern Fried America

Since I became interested in history and specifically the “Civil War”, I tried to understand why tens of thousands of poor whites supported the “rebel” cause. Most Southerners own ...

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Jenn Peterson, Finding Real Solutions

Jenn Peterson, Finding Real Solutions

Jenn Peterson, the 2010 summer volunteer intern for the South Hampton Road's Chapter of Virginia Organizing, is literally making waves and big changes to the way Brown Bay Island ...

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Ehrenthal: Social Darwinism Today

Ehrenthal: Social Darwinism Today

Many years ago Richard Hofstadter wrote a book entitled Social Darwinism is American Thought. His study concentrated on the effect of Herbert Spenser's writings on Americans. Spen ...

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VIDEO: Norfolk Hands Off Our Social Security Action

VIDEO: Norfolk Hands Off Our Social Security Action

On May 12, Virginians stood up against cuts to Social Security benefits, raising the retirement age, turning Medicare over to insurance companies and slashing Medicaid for seniors ...

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Norfolk “Make Them Pay” Tax Day Event

Norfolk “Make Them Pay” Tax Day Event

More than thirty people from MoveON , Virginia Organizing and other local allies came out for a “Tax Day- Make Them Pay” action in front of Bank of America in Norfolk on April 18t ...

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S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights

S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights

A delegation of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake residents visited Richmond on Thursday for a day of lobbying their legislators for immigrants rights. The South Hampton Road ...

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Virginia Organizing Commends VA Beach City Council on Affordable Housing Protective Order

Virginia Organizing Commends VA Beach City Council on Affordable Housing Protective Order

  Virginia Organizing Hails the Passage of the Mobile Home Protective Order and the Human Rights Resolution   Virginia Beach, VA –Residents who have fought on local affo ...

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Virginia Organizing Hails the Passage of the Human Rights Resolution

Virginia Organizing Hails the Passage of the Human Rights Resolution

Virginia Beach, VA –Residents who have fought on immigrants' rights issues are commending the Virginia Beach City Council for their courageous vote in support of the Human Rights ...

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