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Equal pay day marks significant difference between men and woman

Equal Pay Day is happening on April 4th this year. The day marks how long into 2017 a woman must work to earn as much as the average man in 2016. As the flowers bloom and the weather warms, it’s crazy to realize how much of the year has passed. We’re well into 2017; women […]

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What the heck is Medicaid Expansion anyway?!

TrumpCare is dead (!) so you might be wondering right now what exactly Medicaid is and why we’re talking about expanding it in Virginia. Good question! Let’s get some answers. Why are we having this conversation? The Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, gives states the option to expand eligibility for their Medicaid programs to […]

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Corey Stewart: Riding on the Coattails of Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants

A recent event in Richmond looked like a Trump rally with people wildly cheering on the political candidate as he hammered away on immigration. “This issue of illegal immigration is not a racial issue, it’s about public safety,” said Corey Stewart, a Virginia gubernatorial hopeful. “If someone is in our country illegally, and they commit […]

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Progress Virginia Cheers Renewed Push for Medicaid Expansion

ACA is here to stay; VA GOP must cover Virginia now Richmond, VA – Progress Virginia, the commonwealth’s leading voice for progressive values, cheered this afternoon an announcement from Governor McAuliffe that he would renew his push to expand Medicaid in Virginia. The announcement comes in the wake of Congressional Republicans’ failure to repeal and […]

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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad American Health Care Act

When Republicans announced the American Health Care Act, we knew it would be bad, but no one expected the bill to be quite this terrible. After eight years of whining and complaining about the very successful Affordable Care Act (ACA), the best alternative Republicans could come up with is, as our new president would say, […]

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Elected Officials Slicing up Virginia’s Voters

When the Supreme Court tells you to reconsider your decisions, it might be an indication you’ve completely disregarded the Constitution. That’s the case in Virginia, which was directed to reexamine some (very) suspicious redistricting that might have been (was definitely) politically motivated and probably (yes definitely) racist. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!  Let’s talk about […]

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Progress Virginia Denounces Family Foundation’s Delay Tactics on New Abortion Rules

Richmond, VA – Progress Virginia, the commonwealth’s leading voice for progressive values, this afternoon denounced new steps taken by arch-right Family Foundation to stop fixes to Virginia’s sham restrictions on abortion providers from going into effect. In October, the Virginia Board of Health approved amendments to state regulations to reflect scientific evidence and the guidance […]

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Does John Adams Still Think Gorsuch Is “An Incredible Pick”?

This morning, NPR revealed that as a law professor, Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch told students companies “should ask women seeking jobs about their plans for having children and implied that women manipulate companies starting in the interview stage to extract maternity benefits.” Federal law prohibits companies from discriminating in hiring based on pregnancy […]

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Missed Jeff Sessions in Richmond Today?

We compiled the five most important things every person should know about Jeff Sessions. 1. Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing. During Sessions’ Attorney General confirmation hearing, Senator Al Franken asked Sessions a question about investigating the Trump campaign’s possible communications with Russia. Sessions answered, “I’m not aware of any of those […]

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