Hero or Zero? March 30th 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: Door Knockers Knocking […]
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There’s Still Time To Demand Healthcare for Virginia
Friday, March 23 was the Affordable Care Act’s 8th birthday, and we spent the day celebrating the gains we have made and demanding that anti-healthcare legislators like Rep. Scott Taylor (R—VA-02) stop blocking our access to life-saving healthcare. Conservatives like Taylor have spent the last eight years trying their best to repeal the popular healthcare […]
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Healthcare Voters are Our Heroes
Hero or Zero? March 23rd 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: Healthcare Voters Today […]
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Summer of Power 2018
Are you a super motivated, progressive individual who is motivated to shake things up and get people energized around progressive issues in Virginia this summer? Would you like to spend the summer as part of a team to make change actually happen in your community? If the answer is “YES!!!” then join Progress Virginia’s 2018 […]
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On the 8th Anniversary of the ACA, Rep. Scott Taylor Continues to Betray Constituents on Healthcare
Friday, March 23 marks the 8th anniversary of the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. The landmark bill allowed huge numbers of people to get affordable and desperately needed health insurance coverage. In 2018, almost half a million Virginians (400,015) signed up to get coverage through Virginia’s healthcare exchange. Without […]
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Women in Office are our Heroes
Hero or Zero? March 16th 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: Women in Office […]
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Alejandra Pablos is our Hero
Hero or Zero? March 8th 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: Alejandra Pablos Alejandra […]
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Alejandra Pablos is being held by ICE indefinitely
Alejandra Pablos, an immigrant, community organizer, and human rights activist in Virginia was detained by the Tuscon, AZ Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office earlier this week. In early January, Pablos was leading a peaceful protest in Virginia when she was detained by local ICE agents. In a pattern of intimidation and retaliation against immigrants […]
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Donna Cywinski is our Hero
Hero or Zero? March 2nd 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: Donna Cywinski and […]
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The Long Arc of Equality in Virginia
Written by: Shawn Meredith (guest author) Last year’s election was a momentous occasion for the LGBTQ community in Virginia. Not only did Virginians elect many new allies, but we elected our first transgender person, Danica Roem, and our first openly-lesbian woman, Dawn Adams, to the General Assembly. I have had the great pleasure of meeting […]