Aug 3, 2022I Believe that Dems Will Win! (or, at least, Could Win)Until this week, most pundits thought that Congressional Democrats had been headed for a repeat of the 2010 midterm onslaught. Then President Biden landed a breakthrough deal on reducing inflation and addressing climate change, while voters in Kansas showed up in huge numbers to protect reproductive choice in the wake…4 min read4 min read
Jan 31, 2022Really, a “Bipartisan Trade Consensus” that is GOOD for WORKERS!How Labor & (Some) Businesses are joining forces to (maybe) close Amazon and China’s favorite “de minimus trade loophole” Buried deep in U.S. customs law lies a nearly century-old provision that mega-tech companies like Amazon have resurrected as a giant loophole that they exploit to profit massively off importing cheap, and sometimes dangerous or counterfeit, Chinese goods. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 8, 2021“It Would be an Honor to Cast a Deciding Vote for This!”(slightly edited transcript) HAYES: There`s new polling out for President Biden`s big Build Back Better agenda and it`s both really bad news and really good news. It`s now polling at 57 percent approval. Compare that to…4 min read4 min read
Sep 19, 2021Why Workers Won Big in Henrico/Nabisco“Workers Win Big”: More Headlines like this, please! As American workers glimpse the post-COVID economy, they are finding something they have not had for decades — power. Employers are raising wages because workers now have the power to say no to poverty wages, and thousands of workers at four Nabisco…4 min read4 min read
Sep 7, 2020Why this Labor Day is DifferentStanding in Solidarity with Essential Workers This Labor Day weekend, a powerful coalition of worker organizations have launched the #HonorEssentialWorkers campaign. …4 min read4 min read
Jan 2, 2018My Ten Favorite Resistance Moments of 2017In a year when Trump took office and the alt-klan invaded my hometown of Charlottesville, it is easy to forget how massively and unexpectedly successful resistance has been. …Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Oct 16, 2017Five Reasons Democrats Are Poised To Make Gains in the Virginia House of Delegates.How You Can Help in the Final 22 Days — Less than a month out from the election, the national media is starting to notice what we’re seeing up close: Democrats have a historic opportunity for major gains in the House of Delegates on November 7 — possibly even taking the majority in a wave. So many of these campaigns…Virginia4 min readVirginia4 min read
Aug 2, 2017Why the Resistance Should Make Virginia’s 2017 Elections The Next Front.Flipping the Virginia House of Delegates will send a message to Trump and Republicans everywhere — The recent–and now repeated–defeat of efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act have been an epic victory for the progressive forces resisting Donald Trump, both here in Virginia and across the country. Like many, I believe 33 million Americans have secure healthcare today because so many people of conscience rose…20173 min read20173 min read
Published inTom for Virginia·Jun 9, 2017No Child in Virginia Should Go Hungry.As Governor, I will fight to end school lunch debt and protect the legacy of Virginia’s First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama. — Cruelty to children is the marker of a regressive society, and school lunch policies that allow children to go hungry or serve them substandard meals if they can’t pay are cruel. 42 percent of those served at Virginia’s food banks are children. Hunger directly impacts student performance and leads to…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Published inTom for Virginia·Jun 3, 2017Supporting Virginia’s Military Families and VeteransVirginia is home to more than 874,000 veterans and active duty or military reservists. It is our moral obligation — and privilege — to support them and their families while they serve and after their service is completed. As governor, I will strive to ensure that our veterans and their…Veterans8 min readVeterans8 min read
