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Payday Lending in the New Financial Reform Law

Payday Lending in the New Financial Reform Law

 After a mammoth battle with the banks, on July 21 President Obama signed the financial reform bill into law. The new financial reform bill includes a Consumer Financial Port ...

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A Note from Joe Szakos

A Note from Joe Szakos

Dear friends,Thank you for joining us to celebrate the Virginia Organizing Project's 15th Anniversary. A lot can happen in 15 years and sometimes looking back can be dizzying! ...

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Dr. Ryan: Cuccinelli Tries to Deny Virginia Health Care

Dr. Ryan: Cuccinelli Tries to Deny Virginia Health Care

  By: Mark Ryan, M.D. On July 1, I walked past many mounted and plain clothes police and stood in front of the federal courthouse in Richmond as Attorney General Ken Cuc ...

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A Response to Webb’s “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.”

A Response to Webb’s “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.”

The following article was written by Larry Yates in response to Senator Webb's recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Larry Yates is long time activist and former VOP Sh ...

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Remote Area Medical Shows Why Appalachia and America Need the New Health Law

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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Rail fears in the ‘Burg

Rail fears in the ‘Burg

By: Lucille G. McReynoldsLetter Originally published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star: 7/26/2010While not a major disaster, the July 6 derailment of three coal cars on the rai ...

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More Than 102,600 Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010

More Than 102,600 Virginia Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010

 Washington, D.C.—More than 80.8 percent of Virginia small businesses with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible this year for tax credits to help pay the cost of em ...

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Budget cuts put educational standards at risk, Chesterfield Observer

Budget cuts put educational standards at risk, Chesterfield Observer

Budget cuts put educational standards at risk When we moved to Virginia two years ago, I was proud to be moving to a state that had a good reputation for high standards in public ...

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Community Leaders To Speak Out For Health Care Bill Outside Cuccinelli July 1 Trial

Community Leaders To Speak Out For Health Care Bill Outside Cuccinelli July 1 Trial

Health Care Bill Information Fair Outside U.S. District Court HouseRichmond, VA – On Thursday, July 1, as Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli attempts to derail federal health c ...

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