Ed Gillespie is running for Governor and thinks a great selling point of his campaign is a plan to cut Virginia’s income tax. Sounds good, right? Not so much. It’s actually a huge disaster for Virginia’s working families. Here’s why: 1. Gillespie’s tax plan is a giveaway to the super wealthy. Gillespie’s plan is basically […]
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How Betsy DeVos Let “Men’s Rights” Groups Shape Campus Sexual Assault Protections
Earlier this summer, Betsy DeVos met with so-called “men’s rights” groups —groups widely acknowledged to be hostile to women’s rights—to get their take on (wait for it…) campus rape. And last week, DeVos announced that she would be rescinding Obama-era guidelines on campus sexual assault. Coincidence? Let’s start with the facts on campus sexual assault […]
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Delegate Scott Lingamfelter Is Against Virginia’s Working Families
Statement: Delegate Scott Lingamfelter Is Against Virginia’s Working Families Delegate Voted Against Increasing Minimum Wage VIRGINIA– This week, fast-food workers in Virginia went on strike to demand a livable wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union. The workers decried Virginia’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, saying they couldn’t support […]
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Top Gillespie Donor Rolls Back Protections For Sexual Assault Survivors
Does Gillespie stand with DeVos or Virginia women? Virginia—GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie’s problematic ties to Betsy DeVos grew yesterday as the Secretary of Education announced a massive rollback of protections for sexual assault survivors at George Mason University. DeVos’s announcement, which spurred vocal protests, weakened protections for survivors and reinforces false stereotypes that women […]
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Jacky Cortes is our Hero
Hero or Zero? September 8 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, a weekly, unapologetically progressive take on this week’s heroes and zeros in Virginia politics. Check out this space every Friday, and Tweet us or post to our Facebook to nominate your own heroes and zeros. Like this? Please share! SEPTEMBER 8: Hero: Jacky […]
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Progress Virginia Applauds AG Herring’s DACA Suit
Virginia—Progress Virginia, the commonwealth’s leading voice for progressive values, today thanked Attorney General Mark Herring for standing up for DACA recipients. Herring announced earlier today his office would be joining Attorneys General from across the country in suing over Donald Trump’s cruel and un-American decision to end the program that allows undocumented youth who grew […]
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Trump’s Decision to End DACA is Cruel and Un-American
Richmond, Virginia— Progress Virginia this morning condemned the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and called on Congress to act immediately to pass the bipartisan DREAM Act. Ending DACA endangers the lives and hopes of nearly 800,000 hardworking DACA recipients, also known as DREAMers, who use the program […]
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DREAMers Walk 70 Miles to Defend Their Futures
Ten Virginia DREAMers walked 70 miles from Charlottesville to Richmond last week to bring attention to the threats facing immigrants since Trump was inaugurated. “We can’t sit quietly anymore,” said Jacky Cortes, one of the organizers. “We can’t allow the political environment to drive us to fear and the shadows. Now is the time to […]
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Houston’s Spiderman is our Hero
Hero or Zero? September 1 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, a weekly, unapologetically progressive take on this week’s heroes and zeros in Virginia politics. Check out this space every Friday, and Tweet us or post to our Facebook to nominate your own heroes and zeros. Like this? Please share! Hero: Spiderman in Houston […]
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Keep Calm and Join a Union
The Fight for $15 Continues The Fight for $15 launched just 5 years ago, and already, the campaign has raised the minimum wage for 22 million Americans. This is a huge step forward for families across the country who struggle to get by on the minimum wage, but there is still more work to do. […]