In Virginia, Most Full-Time Workers Do Not Earn Enough to Support a Family with Children
This week, the Virginia General Assembly money committees will meet to discuss the finances of the Commonwealth. As lawmakers make decisions about the financial health of Virginia ...
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VA Child Poverty Strategy: Kids Succeed When Families Succeed
Originally posted by The Public News Service on November 12, 2014. by Dan Heyman RICHMOND, Va. - A new strategy - helping kids by helping their families - is offering promise for ...
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Education Rates Are Up, but So Is Poverty
Virginians are rightfully proud of the fact that we’re a highly educated and hard-working state. But Virginians also deserve to be fairly compensated for that hard work. Instead, ...
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US & VA Poverty Higher Than at Recession’s End
RICHMOND, Va. - More Virginians and Americans are in poverty now than at the end of the great recession, according to census figures. Debbie Weinstein, executive director with the ...
Read More »Let’s Get Virginia to Work!
Labor Day is a time to celebrate the contributions workers make to our economy and society, and to be thankful for the sacrifices made by previous generations who won the more hum ...
Read More »Celebrate Women’s Equality Day!
Today is Women’s Equality Day! In honor of this day, Virginia Organizing and our allies across the country are calling for policies that work for women and families. We need ...
Read More »Down a hole, and still digging
Published by The Commonwealth Institute on July 11, 2014Virginia’s level of investment in our schools, communities, and future will hit a new post-recession low next year.Ho ...
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Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave
Published by the Times of Northwest Indiana on June 27, 2014by Thomas PerezForty years ago this weekend, my father died of a heart attack at age 52. I was 12, so as time goes by I ...
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It’s Time to Break Up with Sallie Mae
Virginia Organizing is proud to be a state affiliate of the Alliance for a Just Society, a national organization committed to social, economic, and racial justice. The Allian ...
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Study: One in Three Virginia Children Lives in or Near Poverty
Published by The Daily Progress on May 22, 2014By Derek QuizonOne in three children in Virginia is living in poverty or near-poverty, according to a study from the University of V ...
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