Durrant: Protecting Social Security One Story at a Time
As I sit and ponder my experience this summer working with Virginia Organizing, I can’t help but remember the many community members that I’ve spoken to at the present ...
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Unequal Justice
Is justice color blind? Over two million people are held in federal and state prisons and jails in the United States. According to a newly released U.S. Census Report, 67% o ...
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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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Dr. Lillis: Medicare, Our Deficit and Honesty
The following was originally posted on Progress Notes and was written by Dr. Chris Lillis, Fredericksburg Physician and Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee Member.By Dr. Chr ...
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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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Thanks to Health Care Law: Birth Control Without Co-pay is Here!
HHS announced it has adopted expert recommendations to require health insurers to cover contraception, along with many other preventive health services for women, without charging ...
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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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Meet Alec
Have you ever wondered how corporations seem to get everything they want from much of the legislation passed at the state level? Well, one shortcut corporate America has been usin ...
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Mitchell: America shouldn’t be a country where livelihoods are bargained for.
With the average cost of a college education today being somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year, imagine putting four children through college by yourself. Even for ...
Read More »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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