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Virginia: Will midterm elections bring an upset in November?

April 17, 2018 By Emile Schepers

The Democrats are feeling pretty good about this year.

Virginia legislature wages battle for Medicaid expansion

March 9, 2018 By Emile Schepers

In some Republican-held districts, poor working class people, including whites who voted for Trump in 2016, are in severe trouble over the issue of health care costs. So supporters of Medicaid expansion have seen a chance...

Elizabeth Guzmán Da Respuesta en Español al Discurso de Trump

February 1, 2018 By Pablo Ros

Una madre trabajadora y miembro de AFSCME tuvo la oportunidad esta semana de vocear su reacción al primer año del Presidente Donald Trump luego de que éste presentara su discurso del Estado de la Unión.

Virginia General Assembly starts 2018 session with push for progressive laws

January 16, 2018 By Emile Schepers

Republicans have a tiny majority, but progressives are not letting that slow them from pushing for major reforms supported by the grassroots.

Danica Roem: Shoe leather and local issues key to progressive wins

December 8, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Her message, which she carried with her reporter’s notebooks from house to house, including on the rainy Saturday night before the election, was relentlessly local and focused.