Washington Post features Virginia Organizing Leader, Terry White
Terry White, known to his friends as "Bean," tells his story about needing affordable health care in this Washington Post piece by Laura Vozzella. Thank you for speaking out, Bean ...
Read More »Virginia Nurses Association Appeals to Senator Norment
In an open letter to Senator Thomas K. Norment in the Virginia Gazette, Christine Payne of Williamsburg calls on the state senator to allow Medicaid expansion to come to a vote. P ...
Read More »Expand Medicaid to Help Treat Opioid Addiction
Virginia Organizing supporter Eric Blevins in Marion, Virginia writes in the Richmond Times Dispatch about his journey to recovery from a substance use disorder. He argues that Me ...
Read More »Washington Post Editorial: Expand Medicaid VA!
Photo: Virginia Organizing leaders at a Lynchburg health care rally Just ahead of the General Assembly special session on Wednesday, April 11, the Washington Post published this e ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Thanks Senators Warner and Kaine for Support of the CFPB
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 2 Richmond, Va. — Last week, Senator Mark Warner and Senator Tim Kaine, along with 41 other senators, sent a letter to Consumer Financial Prot ...
Read More »Sea-Level Report Cards
From the Virginia Institute for Marine Science. Want to know how sea level in your area is changing due to global warming and other factors? Our 'report cards' can help. Updated b ...
Read More »Chairperson Del McWhorter on the Tax Scam
From the Daily Progress. If you are struggling to get by, even a small tax cut makes a difference. If the Trump tax cut were just a boost in pay for workers, no one would be compl ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing’s Chapters Stand Up for Immigrant Rights
All of our chapters are working this month on immigration reform. We want to see Congress pass a clean Dream Act to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival ...
Read More »Stop S. 2155–No More Help for Predatory Lenders!
From our friends at @StopTheDebtTrap: With all the news to worry about these days, Virginia voters might not have noticed our two U.S. Senators getting behind a major new bank giv ...
Read More »Senator Warner Should Reconsider Predatory Lending Bill
Charlottesville leader, Valerie Washington, has published this fierce op-ed about predatory lending in the Roanoke Times. We hope Senator Mark Warner will listen! To contact his o ...
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