We are going to rest and recharge for the Virginia General Assembly, which begins on January 8. Happy Holidays! Hero or Zero? December 22 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, 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 […]
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David Ermold is Our Hero
Hero or Zero? December 8 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, 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: David Ermold You […]
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Don’t miss this December’s Women’s Equality Summit
[bctt tweet=”The Women’s Equality Summit is in Richmond, & you’re not going to want to miss it. #WomenRule” username=”ProgressVA”] Last month, Virginia progressives swept the 2017 elections. While that’s a huge deal for all Virginians, it’s especially significant for women in the Commonwealth. Women’s reproductive health and justice was a front-and-center issue this election […]
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Chesterfield County is Our Hero
Hero or Zero? December 1 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, 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: The LIberal Women […]
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Voters Are Our Heroes
Hero or Zero? November 10 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, 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: YOU, THE Voters! […]
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Tammie is our Hero
Hero or Zero? November 2 Welcome to Progress Virginia’s Zero or Hero, 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: Tammie While Ed […]
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Progress Virginia Celebrates Herring Suit Against Trump Birth Control Mandate Roll Back
Progress Virginia Celebrates Herring Suit Against Trump Birth Control Mandate Roll Back Attorney General Mark Herring today joined four other states to stop Trump’s attacks on birth control access Richmond, Virginia—Progress Virginia applauds Attorney General Mark Herring for standing up for women and filing a lawsuit today to challenge the Trump Administration’s roll back of […]
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Take It from This Guy: Voting Can Make You Feel “Happy, Joyous and Free”
Although Bobby Lee was 60 years old when he cast his first vote last year, his age didn’t keep him from feeling like a kid again. “The first time voting, I felt like I was 18,” he said about his visit to the polls. “Happy, joyous, and free.” After his last brush with the law […]
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Heather Cordasco: How Anti-Woman Can You Possibly Be?
This month, I received a biopsy courtesy of Planned Parenthood. I live in Virginia and, for me, Planned Parenthood has consistently been a source of affordable and sometimes critical healthcare. Receiving a biopsy was stressful enough, but it also made me think about how my options would have been even more stressful if Heather Cordasco […]
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Lingamfelter: Privatize Public Schools and Ditch the Dept. of Education
Delegate Scott Lingamfelter is pushing for school privatization schemes that aim to help a small group of people profit off kids’ education in a movement that conservatives call “school choice.” But what Lingamfelter and his conservative buddies mean by that phrase is a push to divert money from public schools to pay for a small […]