The People Versus ALEC
Watch the videoThe corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is getting desperate as a growing list of corporations flee the group over ALEC ...
Read More »The 99% Spring is Coming to Virginia.
Groups from every corner of our movement—inspired by the everyday heroes of Occupy Wall Street and Madison —are planning a massive campaign of bold nonviolent direct a ...
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Project To Gather Opinion On Immigrant Detention Program
Posted in the Daily New Record: January 31, 2012 By EMILY SHARRER Nelly Moreno-Shenk gives instructions Saturday to volunteers training for the Rockingham County 287g Liste ...
Read More »Whose ‘Worst Nightmare’?
Preston Knight November 11, 2011 http://www.dnronline.com/article/immigration_enforcement Gustavo Maldonado Jr. is nearing a rite of passage that most teens can’t wait to complet ...
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Social Security Cuts: Greatest Impact on Rural VA
America's small towns would be hit hardest by any cuts in Social Security, according to a new analysis by the Center for Rural Strategies, posted on the rural news website the Dai ...
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Surplus Smurplus: Staunton Residents Ask “Where’s the Surplus?”
Parents and teachers will gather Thursday in Staunton to collect school supplies for local schools and to call attention to previous cuts to education funding. Cuts in excess of 1 ...
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Wendell Potter Forums: How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents
Wendell Potter and Local Health Care Experts Explained How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents Bristol, VA and Kingsport, TN – Hundreds of local residents attended ...
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Remote Area Medical Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Law
Wise, VA –Community members and health care advocates say the huge demand for RAM’s services exemplifies why health care reform is desperately needed in Appalachia and America. Fo ...
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LOCAL GROUPS HOLD FORUM ON DRUG COURTS, ASKING FOR DELEGATE KILGORE’S CONTINUED SUPPORT
IN THE FACE OF STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET CUTS, DRUG COURTS SAVE MONEY AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND PROBATION LEE COUNTY, VA- With local jail costs cr ...
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