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, 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
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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Money down the toilet: tens years of the Bush tax cuts
As debt ceiling debate continues, we are marking the tenth anniversary of the policy that created most of the federal budget gap: the Bush tax cuts. On July 7, 2001, George W. Bus ...
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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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VIDEO: UACT Community Organizing Spring Break in Danville
The week of March 13, the Danville chapter of Virginia Organizing welcomed 12 students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Instead of spening time on the beach or hangin ...
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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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What do your taxes go for? March with us on Tax Day and find out!
On Tax Day, we held a march in Charlottesville, beginning at City Hall and ending at the Central Library to highlight where our taxes go and the need to rebalance our state and fe ...
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VA Tax Day Message: Be Fair
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - While many will be talking about the burden of high taxes today, as the tax deadline looms, a group of Virginia residents will be celebrating the good that ...
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Dr. Mark Ryan: March 22nd PPACA forum in Richmond
This was originally posted by Mark Ryan, MD on the National Physicians Alliance BlogOn March 22nd, I was honored to join Virginia’s 3rd district Rep. Bobby Scott, Joanne Gro ...
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