Voting is kind of my thing. Election Day is my favorite day of the year. I love the action. I love what all of us together raising our voices symbolizes. It’s a moment where we’re all equal. Or at least, it should be. But when political district lines are rigged to ensure a predetermined outcome […]
Year: 2020
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Work Requirements for Medicaid Expansion are B*llSh*t. We Should Repeal Them Now
After fighting for 5 long years, in 2017 we were finally able to pass Medicaid expansion in Virginia! We made sure that more than 400,000 Virginians are able to see a doctor when they are sick without worrying about the bill that would come afterward. It was kind of a big deal. via GIPHY But […]
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Make Voting Easier With Automatic Voter Registration
I had to buy a new fridge a couple of weeks ago. The old one stopped keeping things cold, making it pretty functionally obsolete. Our new fridge is stupidly smart. It tells me the weather, turns on NPR, keeps track of food that’s about to expire, and stays up to date on my calendar. It’s […]
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Hero & Zero 1/31
Heroes – Grassroots Activists Supporting Driver’s Licenses for All On Tuesday and Thursday this week, an incredible number of activists showed up at the General Assembly to advocate for driver’s licenses for all Virginians during House and Senate Transportation Committee hearings. Activists lined up hours beforehand to make sure their voices were heard on this […]
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Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition Celebrates the Passage of the Reproductive Health Protection Act in the Senate
Advocates Thank Countless Champions in the Senate and House for Paving the Way for the Reproductive Health Protection Act to Pass Today Today, the Reproductive Health Protection Act (SB733) passed on the Senate floor, bringing us one step closer to securing a future that upholds Virginians’ basic reproductive freedoms by finally rolling back the medically […]
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Virginians One Step Closer to Ensuring Abortion Access for All With Reproductive Health Equity Act Being Sent To Workgroup For Study
Members of the House Health Welfare and Institutions Committee voted to send HB1445, Delegate Marcia Price’s Reproductive Health Equity Act, to a workgroup for further study. This will allow legislators to bring in experts and stakeholders to study how people in our community will be impacted by the bill. We’re thrilled that legislators have taken the […]
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Virginia House Passes Student Loan Borrowers’ Bill of Rights
The Virginia House of Delegates today passed HB10, the Student Loan Borrowers’ Bill of Rights, after student loan borrowers this morning held a press conference in support of the bill. Sponsored by Delegate Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) and Delegate Marcia Price (D-Newport News), HB10 would add student loan servicers like Navient to the list of […]
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Virginia Needs Paid Family and Medical Leave
When my daughter was born, I was lucky enough to be able to spend 13 weeks at home with her. Adjusting to life with a newborn is no joke. Not only was I recovering from birth, but I was also trying to figure out how to feed a baby with my body, how to survive […]
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We All Need the Reproductive Health Equity Act
Living in Virginia as a Black, Queer woman has forced me to fight for reproductive freedom. And working in reproductive rights has made it clear just how easy it has been for anti-reproductive health politicians to stand in my way. I want what we all do: the ability to live in a community where every […]
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“It’s Like I’m in Quicksand.”
Alex’s student loan debt is crushing her. As a Newport News resident, who works two jobs and puts in over 60 hours a week in order to make her $1,300 monthly student loan payments, she is struggling to keep up the payments. “It’s like I’m in quicksand,” she said. “I can’t take out any other […]