Anyone who has ever had to care for young children knows a tantrum when they see one. It’s to be expected with kids. They’re still learning how to manage their emotions, how to cope when they don’t get their way. The hope is that eventually they learn the skills they need to grow out of […]
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5 (More) Things I Hate About Glenn Youngkin
You might have seen during election season that I really hate Glenn Youngkin. Unfortunately, unfathomably, he still won. And now…he’s our Governor. Let’s just say that voters are having some regrets after 3 months of having him as Governor. So here’s 5 more things we can hate about Glenn Youngkin, governing edition. He’s a petty […]
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CRT in Action: Part 2
Here are two Progress Virginia team members sharing how the intentional thought about race, or the lack thereof, had an enormous impact on their lives, and the lives of their children.
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6 Things I Hate About Delegate Nick Freitas
Going through the bills that were filed this session, I noticed a disturbing pattern: many of the worst bills were all sponsored by the same guy. Who, you might ask? None other than Delegate Nick Freitas.
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Fed Up With What the GOP is Serving
I hope y’all are hungry because Virginia’s GOP is serving up a buffet of ridiculousness. We knew this session would be different – and difficult – without a trusted Democratic trifecta to lead the Commonwealth. So when it comes to the nonsense some GOP legislators are trying to push through the General Assembly, you can color us shocked, but NOT surprised.
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10 Things I Hate About Glenn Youngkin
There are a lot of things I hate about Glenn Youngkin. Like…a lot. Narrowing it down to ten was tough. But here we got, a fast and dirty list of ten things I hate about Glenn Youngkin and why. But just in case you were wondering, no, I’m not going to actually fall in love with him at the end. Gross.
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Virginia Absentee Voting Deadlines Approaching for Fall 2021 Election
Last year, absentee turnout in Virginia for the November 2020 General Election hit record numbers. In addition to no-excuse early voting, the General Assembly passed legislation to create drop boxes for absentee ballots at local election offices, fund prepaid return postage for people voting by mail, and remove the necessity of a witness signature.
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Racist Mailers Hurt More Than Just the Black Politicians They Portray
When processing the hate masked in these fliers, which members of your community is the Virginia Republican Party committing to serve? The ones holding the ropes and starting the fires?
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Three Reasons We’re Celebrating The Passage of the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
It seems like approximately one million years ago (pandemic time is real), but in March, members of the General Assembly passed the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, a series of bills designed to protect domestic workers and ensure they earn at least the minimum wage for their work. This is the first of its kind […]
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Student Loans: It’s a Trap!
Last year I learned my (previous) employer would stop my student loans payment support benefit. I cried. Student debt is slowly replacing my dreams and future plans with shadows of depressions. When my employer cut its support, my future demanded I figure out my options. I gathered myself, picked up the phone and called my […]