Dr. Lillis: Medicare, Our Deficit and Honesty
The following was originally posted on Progress Notes and was written by Dr. Chris Lillis, Fredericksburg Physician and Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee Member.By Dr. Chr ...
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Weston: Is Congress Listening on Social Security?
On July 12, I joined a group of Virginia Organizing supporters, volunteers and board members on a trip to Washington DC to meet with staff from Senators Mark Warner’s and Jim Webb ...
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Weston: Social Security Education at the National Night Out in Norfolk
On Tuesday night, August 2, people all over the United States participated in the 27th annual National Night Out. The nationwide event focuses on community awareness in crime prev ...
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Meet Alec
Have you ever wondered how corporations seem to get everything they want from much of the legislation passed at the state level? Well, one shortcut corporate America has been usin ...
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Mitchell: America shouldn’t be a country where livelihoods are bargained for.
With the average cost of a college education today being somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year, imagine putting four children through college by yourself. Even for ...
Read More »Sandra Cook on the Debt Ceiling: We Will Not Quietly Submit
Frustrated. Furious. Fed up. I don’t know about you, but I am disgusted about what is going on in Washington with the debt ceiling. Like most Americans, I have followed ...
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Williams: Cuts Would Hurt Women Disproportionately
Throughout my life, I have always had the desire to work with women in the promotion of economic equality. When I learned about the work Virginia Organizing was doing surrounding ...
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Shepherd Powell: Bad Debt Ceiling Deals Have Southwest Seniors “Cussin” Congress
In talking to senior citizens in southwest Virginia about the importance of protecting social security, I think it is the worried look in the eyes of these older Americans that ge ...
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Schmale: Children and Cuts to Social Security
I had the amazing opportunity to hang out with 54 grieving children this weekend. On many weekends during the year I volunteer for a bereavement camp. Like a majority of the ...
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Tuesday July 26 in Richmond, Learn About the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
Health Insurance for Virginia Residents with Pre-Existing ConditionsIs Now More Affordable! Join Us To Learn About the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan The Pre-Exi ...
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