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! […]
Month: November 2017
Election Protection Hotline Open For Virginia Voting Questions
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) Available Now; Providing Assistance through Election Day Virginia—Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is providing live assistance for voters in Virginia leading up to and including Election Day, which is Tuesday, November 7. “Voting is a fundamental part of our rights as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ed Gillespie Calls Northern Virginia “Enemy Territory”
Ed Gillespie Calls Northern Virginia “Enemy Territory” Dwindling number of Virginia voters Gillespie hasn’t attacked in this campaign Richmond, Virginia—New video footage released today from American Bridge shows GOP candidate for governor Ed Gillespie dismissing the one in three Virginia voters who live in Northern Virginia as “enemy territory.” The shocking footage was taken at […]
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 […]