Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Hero or Zero, 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: Delegate Kathy Tran is our Hero! Delegate Kathy Tran is a champion […]

Many people think that because of Roe v. Wade, anyone can access reproductive health care, including abortion, any time they need it. But the reality is that thousands of Virginians still lack access to basic reproductive health care services because of discrimination and politicians who don’t trust women to make decisions for themselves and interfere […]

We all love our cars and the privileges that come with them. They are part of our everyday life– they help us get to our jobs, run errands, ferry kids around, and buy groceries. Driving is essential to being a productive member of a family and community. But, imagine if you couldn’t drive and couldn’t […]

For the first time since we started introducing bills to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour–the last time Virginia raised the minimum wage was in 2009 –we won a major victory! On Monday, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee voted to pass a $15 minimum wage! While this is a huge victory, we […]

This country has a mass incarceration problem–the U.S imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation. The problem is particularly bad in the Commonwealth. In fact, Virginia jails 1.5 times as many people as the national average before they’ve even been convicted of a crime. That means that people who haven’t been found guilty […]