POLITICS
From Minneapolis to your block: Real people are proving politics isn’t just for watching
Published February 27, 2026
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 […]
Virginia General Assembly passes overtime pay for live-in nannies, housekeepers
Published February 26, 2026
The legislation would allow live-in domestic workers and home care workers to earn overtime pay.
Your weekly guide to taking action in Virginia (Feb. 27-Mar. 5)
Published February 25, 2026
A weekly roundup of Virginia political events, advocacy opportunities, protests, and other ways to take action statewide.
Virginia home care workers fight for collective bargaining rights
Published February 24, 2026
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.
Virginia Dems pass dozens of bills as part of Spanberger’s affordability agenda
Published February 19, 2026
Virginia Democrats say they are making good on their promises to pass bills to lower the cost of living in Virginia.
Your weekly guide to taking action in Virginia (Feb. 20-26)
Published February 18, 2026
A weekly roundup of upcoming Virginia political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide.
Virginia lawmakers pass bills to expand collective bargaining rights to public workers
Published February 17, 2026
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.
Virginia House passes bill to lower cost of insulin
Published February 12, 2026
A bill aimed at making treating diabetes more affordable passed in the Virginia House of Delegates with broad bipartisan support.
Your weekly guide to taking action in Virginia (Feb. 13-19)
Published February 11, 2026
A weekly roundup of Virginia political events, advocacy opportunities, protests, and ways to take action statewide.
Virginia Democrats pass new congressional map
Published February 11, 2026
Virginia Democrats are pushing ahead with their plan to help fight back against President Donald Trump’s attempt to tilt the midterm elections in his favor.
Virginia Dems pass slate of housing bills
Published February 10, 2026
Virginia Democrats in both Legislative chambers passed a number of bills this month to increase the supply of housing and support tenants’ rights.
Spanberger ends Virginia’s agreements with ICE
Published February 4, 2026
Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has issued an executive order to terminate controversial agreements between state law enforcement agencies and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.