Undocumented Immigrants Contribution to Va
Published by Public News Service (audio version also available) RICHMOND, Va. -- Undocumented immigrants pay more than $250 million in Virginia state and local taxes a year, accor ...
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Help End Mass Incarceration
Today, Virginia Organizing participated in the National Day of Empathy as part of the #cut50 campaign to reduce mass incarceration by 50 percent. The research shows school suspens ...
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Equality for All Students
Published in the News and Advance I’m writing this letter to commend Scott Brabrand, superintendent of Lynchburg City Schools, and Derrick Brown for introducing change in our scho ...
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EDITORIAL: Consumer protection is in peril
Published by The Culpepper Star-Exponent Watch your wallet, because Congress is coming after the federal watchdog set up, following last decade’s financial crisis, to police again ...
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Virginia Organizing Takes Action Across the State on Health Care
In our December 2016 newsletter, we wrote about how important it was to protect, improve, and expand health care coverage for all people. Since then, Congress has taken steps to m ...
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ACLU-VA, Other Rights Groups Tell Governor Not to Let Virginia Take on Immigration Enforcement
Published on the ACLU of Virginia website The ACLU of Virginia and 15 other immigrants’ rights and social services organizations [including Virginia Organizing] have joined togeth ...
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Group holds rally in Fredericksburg to show support for Obamacare
Spotsylvania County resident Laurie Haller pushed her daughter’s wheelchair among about 70 protesters Saturday afternoon in downtown Fredericksburg. She carried a poster that read ...
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Virginia Organizing Appears on NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News did a segment this weekend on people across the country speaking out to protect health care. Virginia Organizing leader Matt Skeens of Wise was at our Abingdon ra ...
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Virginia Organizing 2016 Annual Report Released
The Virginia Organizing 2016 Annual Report is more compact than our past years’ reports, but it is filled with a lot of accomplishments and wins that you helped make happen! You c ...
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CFPB faces Senate challenge on prepaid card rule
Published by Politico Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is seeking to nullify regulations on prepaid spending cards, a move that is drawing fire from consumer groups and lackluster suppor ...
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