This is part two of a three-part series on the rise of women of color in the Virginia state legislature. Click here to read part one. via GIPHY Over my first year in Virginia politics, I kept hearing about the badass women of color that are leading here in Virginia. When days were dark, tuning […]
Month: September 2019
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ICYMI: Virginians Need A Borrower’s Bill of Rights
Thanks to the hard work of advocacy groups like Progress Virginia and legislators like Senator Janet Howell and Delegate Marcia Price, the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman opened earlier this year to help people with student loan debt navigate the often confusing student loan debt repayment process. Since the office opened in January, […]
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Amanda Chase Should Drop Out of State Senate Race After Outrageous Ad Threatening Gun Violence Prevention Activists
Chesterfield County, Virginia—State Senator Amanda Chase has released a campaign ad that seems to threaten the lives of gun violence prevention activists. As can be seen in the photo below, the ad depicts Senator Chase aiming a gun and is captioned “I’m not afraid to shoot down gun groups.” Progress Virginia is calling on Senator […]
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Why Does A Health Care Professional Vote to Keep You From Getting Your Health Care?
Republican state Senator Siobhan Dunnavant is running scared in her re-election campaign. She’s flat out lying in TV ads about her voting record on health care, saying she’s fighting for “affordable, quality health care” for Virginians. Dunnavant should be nervous–her Henrico County district is leaning more Democratic and health care is important to her constituents. […]
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3 Reasons Rich Anderson Shouldn’t Be A Delegate Again
Rich Anderson was the Delegate for the 51st district for 7 years. Then, Democrat Hala Ayala beat him in 2017 and went to Richmond to stand up for us. But Rich Anderson is like a zombie coming back from the dead because he is running again. When you support bad policies, you don’t get a […]
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Reproductive Health Advocates Urge Board of Health to Roll Back Politically Motivated Restrictions on Abortion
On Thursday, the Virginia Board of Health will meet to hear public comment and vote on whether to move forward with proposed changes to the regulations for licensure for abortion facilities. The regulations, which are mandated by a 2011 law, are commonly known as Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers or TRAP and single out abortion […]
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ICYMI: Glen Sturtevant Opposes Rezoning to Integrate Richmond’s Whitest Schools
Senator Glen Sturtevant has started a petition in opposition to a rezoning plan that would better integrate two of Richmond’s whitest schools. He claims he wants to “save” the two schools, but from what? Sturtevant’s petition uses a phrase, “Save Our Neighborhood Schools,” commonly employed in the 1970s by opponents of school integration. “Every child, […]
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Local Heroes Leading the Fight for Immigrant Justice in Virginia
Living in America in 2019 feels like a scene from a dystopian nightmare: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violently tearing children away from their families at the border, mistreating asylum seekers in unsanitary and overcrowded detention centers, and picking teenagers off the street while they’re waiting for their school bus. As the daughter of […]
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This Labor Day, Virginia Still the Worst State for Workers.
On Labor Day, Virginia may be the best state for business in the United States, but hardworking families in Virginia are still struggling because Virginia is the worst state to work. Virginia needs to be better and become the best state for workers too so that everyone who lives here has the opportunity to work hard and thrive. “People […]