Celebrate Women’s Equality Day!
Today is Women’s Equality Day! In honor of this day, Virginia Organizing and our allies across the country are calling for policies that work for women and families. We need ...
Read More »Down a hole, and still digging
Published by The Commonwealth Institute on July 11, 2014Virginia’s level of investment in our schools, communities, and future will hit a new post-recession low next year.Ho ...
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Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave
Published by the Times of Northwest Indiana on June 27, 2014by Thomas PerezForty years ago this weekend, my father died of a heart attack at age 52. I was 12, so as time goes by I ...
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It’s Time to Break Up with Sallie Mae
Virginia Organizing is proud to be a state affiliate of the Alliance for a Just Society, a national organization committed to social, economic, and racial justice. The Allian ...
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Study: One in Three Virginia Children Lives in or Near Poverty
Published by The Daily Progress on May 22, 2014By Derek QuizonOne in three children in Virginia is living in poverty or near-poverty, according to a study from the University of V ...
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New “Corporate Tax Explorer” Site Details What Fortune 500 Companies Pay in Corporate Taxes
March 28, 2014 10:48 AMA new web tool, the Corporate Tax Explorer, from Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), is a one ...
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Obama Budget Would Extend EITC’s Pro-Work Success to Childless Workers
Published March 4, 2014Posted by: Chuck MarrUpdate, March 4: We’ve just updated our in-depth analysis of recent proposals to strengthen the EITC for chi ...
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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
Published February 13, 2014 by The Commonwealth InstituteHere’s a head scratcher for you: as your income rises, the share of your income that goes toward paying state and lo ...
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Small Improvement to Earned Income Credit Brings Broad Economic Benefits
Published February 6, 2014Earned Income Credit Improvement Brings Broad Economic BenefitsLow-wage workers in Virginia have endured more than a decade of stagnant and declining wag ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Releases Statement on U.S. Senate’s Failure to Support the Unemployed
For Immediate Release: January 16, 2014Petersburg, Va.—In response to the U.S. Senate’s recent failure to support the unemployed with the vote not to extend unem ...
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