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Fired VSU faculty members demand answers, jobs back
Six faculty members say they were abruptly fired with no explanation last year from Virginia State University. VSU isn’t commenting.
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From Minneapolis to your block: Real people are proving politics isn’t just for watching
Consuming political news isn’t the same as building political power. From Minneapolis to small-town America, rural organizer Gwen Frisbie-Fulton writes that real change starts with local organizing and civic engagement. Someone once told me this story: Anthropologists visiting an Aboriginal village showed them a newspaper clipping about an earthquake that destroyed a town halfway across…
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Virginia General Assembly passes overtime pay for live-in nannies, housekeepers
The legislation would allow live-in domestic workers and home care workers to earn overtime pay.
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Virginia (Feb. 27-Mar. 5)
A weekly roundup of Virginia political events, advocacy opportunities, protests, and other ways to take action statewide.
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Virginia home care workers fight for collective bargaining rights
A bill that would lift Virginia’s ban on public sector bargaining may exclude underpaid and in-demand home care workers. They’re fighting back.
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Virginia Dems pass dozens of bills as part of Spanberger’s affordability agenda
Virginia Democrats say they are making good on their promises to pass bills to lower the cost of living in Virginia.
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Virginia (Feb. 20-26)
A weekly roundup of upcoming Virginia political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide.
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Opinion: Protecting domestic abuse victims from gun violence is a necessity
There is an urgent need to enact legislation that strengthens our state’s domestic violence and firearms laws, prioritizing the safety of victims and survivors and the wellbeing of our communities, instead of providing access to firearms for dangerous abusers.
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Virginia lawmakers pass bills to expand collective bargaining rights to public workers
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to lift the state ban on collective bargaining for state employees, but whether higher education workers and home care workers ultimately get included remains to be seen.
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Virginia House passes bill to lower cost of insulin
A bill aimed at making treating diabetes more affordable passed in the Virginia House of Delegates with broad bipartisan support.
