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What the Doctor Ordered

What the Doctor Ordered

Crossposted from The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis By Massey Whorley Hundreds of lives across Virginia could be saved if lawmakers close the coverage gap by extending ...

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Virginia Organizing Chapters Raise Money for Social Justice!

Virginia Organizing Chapters Raise Money for Social Justice!

Over the last few weeks, Virginia Organizing Chapters have held fundraisers to support the social and economic justice work of Virginia Organizing. Our South Hampton Roads Chapter ...

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It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage

It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage

By Anna ChuOriginal article from Center for American Progress and can be accessed by clicking here. Right now, a parent working full time earning the minimum wage and raising ...

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Virginia Organizing Commends Attorney General’s Directive to Virginia Schools on DACA Students

Virginia Organizing Commends Attorney General’s Directive to Virginia Schools on DACA Students

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2014Virginia Beach, Va.—Virginia Organizing commended Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring after today’s opinion was released by the ...

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Breaking News: AG Opinion Opens Doors for Students!

Breaking News: AG Opinion Opens Doors for Students!

Today, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an opinion to Virginia educational institutions to allow in-state tuition rates for otherwise eligible Virginia stud ...

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ACTION ALERT: Town Hall Meeting on Medicaid Expansion

ACTION ALERT: Town Hall Meeting on Medicaid Expansion

Monday, April 28, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the Waynesboro Public Library in Community Room A (600 S Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, VA 22980) Virginia Organizing will hold a rally in support of ...

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Who Benefits from Tax Day?

Who Benefits from Tax Day?

Today is Tax Day! Millions of Americans are paying their fair share of taxes at rates higher than many corporations. Tax shelters, loopholes, and other accounting techniques ...

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This is Unacceptable

This is Unacceptable

 As you know, for every day that Virginia fails to expand Medicaid, we lose $5 million we could be receiving in federal tax dollars — taxes that Virginians have already ...

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Fast for families activists demand Cantor support immigration reform

Fast for families activists demand Cantor support immigration reform

Published April 4, 2104Last November, 4 immigration reform activists gathered at the Capitol to begin a 22-day fast. Eliseo Medina, Cristian Avila, Rudy Lopez, and DJ Yoonwer ...

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Immigration Activists Escalate Deportation Fight: ‘Not One More’

Immigration Activists Escalate Deportation Fight: ‘Not One More’

Published April 4, 2014WASHINGTON -- Immigration activists are gearing up for a major day of action on Saturday directed squarely at President Barack Obama, demanding he halt depo ...

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