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  • Power Analysis 2024

    Power Analysis 2024

    “We are the little engine that became a locomotive,” said Board member Jay Johnson. We were delighted to convene for our annual Power Analysis again this year in Massanetta Springs ...

  • Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

    Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

    Thanks in part to the action you took, legislators passed HB 906 and SB 480 during this General Assembly session, stopping utilities from shutting off customers’ power, gas, and wa ...

  • Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Do you want to reduce greenhouse gases and improve housing throughout Virginia? Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is requesting feedback on its Draft Priority Cl ...

  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

Sandra Cook on the Debt Ceiling: We Will Not Quietly Submit

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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10 things the new Consumer Protection Bureau can do to protect consumers

10 things the new Consumer Protection Bureau can do to protect consumers

Thanks to Wall Street reform legislation, The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) begins work on July 21, 201. The Bureau has plenty to do and plenty of powe ...

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Crunch time on the debt ceiling

Crunch time on the debt ceiling

It’s crunch time in Washington to raise the debt ceiling. Even Wall Street executives say a failure to avoid a default crisis would have a "severe and long-lasting impa ...

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The blame game

The blame game

From Moveon.org...This infographic/ Facebook status says it all!"Most of the things that spread fast on Facebook are pretty silly—videos of cats and the like. But recen ...

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Reducing poverty, reduces infant mortality

Reducing poverty, reduces infant mortality

The following post if from our friends at Tax Credits for Working Families.Study Finds State EITCs Improve Mothers’ Health and BehaviorLast week, we looked at two studies th ...

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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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Five William and Mary Students Arrested Speaking Out Against Poverty

Five William and Mary Students Arrested Speaking Out Against Poverty

At 12:50AM, five students were arrested in the middle of the night on charges of trespassing after staging a 16-hour sit-in at the College of William and Mary.  Over 10 stude ...

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Rep. Ryan’s Road Map Would Drive Us Off a Cliff

Rep. Ryan’s Road Map Would Drive Us Off a Cliff

With a vote expected this Friday, April 15 on U.S. Representative Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, Virginia organizations sent a letter today to the Virginia delegation in the U ...

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Virginia Groups on Budget Proposal: “Ryan’s Road Map Would Drive Us Off a Cliff”

Virginia Groups on Budget Proposal: “Ryan’s Road Map Would Drive Us Off a Cliff”

Virginia Groups Oppose U.S. Rep. Ryan’s Budget Proposal   Groups Call on Virginia Delegation in the House to Oppose Ryan’s Budget Proposal to Privatize Medicare, Cut Medicaid, Cut ...

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TV Spots Remind Rep. Cantor’s Constituents about His Social Security “Cannot Exist” Remarks

TV Spots Remind Rep. Cantor’s Constituents about His Social Security “Cannot Exist” Remarks

The Campaign for America's Future is releasing a new ad to be aired starting April 8, in Rep. Eric Cantor's congressional district in Virginia, highlighting Cantor’s ...

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