Politics
2017 election victory bears fruit in Virginia Medicaid expansion
June 15, 2018The vote, which will help up to 400,000 low income Virginians to access health care, took place in the Virginia Senate on May 30.
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Virginia primary sets stage for confrontations in November
June 14, 2018The question now is whether, in the November federal midterm election, the Democratic voter turnout will work the same charm it did with the state elections last year.
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Connecticut Poor People’s Campaign marches on state capitol
June 13, 2018According to the Poor People's Campaign audit, 42 percent of the state's residents are poor or low income and 524,000 make less than $15 an hour.
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Progressives take on regular Democrats in Maryland primaries
June 12, 2018Groups supporting Ben Jealous “represent a cross-section of Maryland’s Democratic primary electorate which is heavily comprised of black voters, union members, and progressive white voters,” their statement said.
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Supreme Court blows another hole in voting rights
June 11, 2018Contrary to what Samuel Alito might thing, the streets of Ohio’s cities are not filled with moving vans.
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