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
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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
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 ...
Read More »Cuccinelli Health Care Lawsuit, “The Absurdity of it!”
By: Anthony ResnickOn July 1st, a federal district court in Richmond will hear arguments in Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's attempt to ...
Read More »46 Strong and Counting!
By: Michele Mattioli, VOP Special Projects Coordinator Recently Pat Lloyd, one of VOP’s dedicated weekly volunteers, had a surprise realization, “VOP is the umbre ...
Read More »Door by Door: Voting and Jobs
By Lauren Groetch: VOP InternHere at the Charlottesville office, summer interns have been busy with a multi-faceted civic engagement project. We’re going door-to-door, atten ...
Read More »A View From the Fifth Row at the Chesepeake City Council Meeting
On the evening of Tuesday, 6/15 VOP members and ally organizations and friends went to bat for the residents of a Mobile Home park in Chesapeake, Virginia. The residents of this p ...
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