Ehrenthal: Pepper Spray is Not Food and Occupy is Not Ambiguous
As Yogi Berra is purported to have said, “It’s like Deja Vous all over again”. Watching the treatment of those assembling in protest for the Occupy movement brings me back to the ...
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Ehrenthal: The Dangerous Myth of Supply Side Economics
During the late 1940's and 1950s, a vibrant middle class developed in the United States. Manufacturing grew and prospered and so did the workers who were making a living wage and ...
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VIDEO: Wendell Potter in VA Beach, “Health care law already saving the lives of millions”
Virginia Organizing, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Empower Hampton Roads were prompted to hold the "Real Dialogue on Health Care" forum because they feel that m ...
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Ehrenthal: L’est we forget: TARP, Tarbell and Triangle
Today is the three-year anniversary of TARP, the $700 billion bank bailout passed at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. Even though no one actually liked TARP, including ...
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Dismantling Racism in South Hampton Roads
Sareeta Spliggs and Tim McCarthy were two of the more than thirty participants that attended the Dismantling Racism Workshop in South Hampton Roads on September 17th. The group co ...
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Ehrenthal: A Not So Happy Labor Day for the Unemployed
Today is Labor Day. Officially, unemployment is about 9.1 percent. The real level of unemployment and under employment is probably over 20 percent. Many of those whether unemploye ...
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Shepherd Powell: Respecting Seniors, Protecting Social Security
Throughout my eight week-long internship to educate senior citizens about the importance of protecting Social Security, I’ve had a number of conversations with older Americans tha ...
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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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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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