What progressive legislators in Virginia are doing right

Posted on February 27, 2020

The Virginia General Assembly convened on January 8 and meets for only 60 days, but in a very short time the legislature has advanced an impressive agenda of progressive bills. By the “crossover” date,...

Easy Enrollment, Virginia Victories, Coronavirus Updates and More

Posted on February 26, 2020

Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Act: Last year, Maryland enacted a system to use information from state income tax returns to help uninsured residents obtain health care coverage. The Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Act is...

LGBT Fairness, Cybersecurity, Coronavirus and More

Posted on February 13, 2020

LGBT Fairness Act: Senator Adam Ebbin, who became Virginia’s first openly gay legislator in 2003, is about to see his long-time legislation enacted to prohibit housing and employment discrimination against LGBT people. The LGBT...

When and how should you argue on social media?

Posted on February 12, 2020

If you never have a social media “friend” who posts something false, then you don’t have to read this column. For the rest of us, what should you do when you see lies or...

Abortion rights bills as of February 12

Posted on February 12, 2020

STATE-BY-STATE ** = new or updated since the last Repro Rights Report Arizona AZ SB 1120 by Victoria Steele – Requires sex education to include contraception **AZ SB 1217 by Victoria Steele – Repeals...

How to rebut logical fallacies in the impeachment debate

Posted on January 30, 2020

Progressives have gotten so used to hearing bald-faced lies that perhaps we have become a little less ready to recognize which rhetorical tricks are being used against us. Let us consider five of the...

Polling Priorities, Logical Fallacies, Clean Slate and More

Posted on January 29, 2020

Clean Slate Act: In 2018, Pennsylvania enacted the Clean Slate Act which automatically seals criminal records that are routinely eligible for sealing but which otherwise require a complicated and costly application process. How to...

How did the American economy become a disgrace?

Posted on January 15, 2020

The question is not whether the economy is operating well, or even adequately, for the most Americans. The question is, what happened over the years to make it such an abysmal failure? By failure,...

Youth Voting, Repro Rights, Family Leave and More

Posted on January 15, 2020

Six Policies to Promote Youth Voting: The Fair Elections Center and Campus Vote Project produced the report “Democracy’s Future: Proposals to Expand Access to Registration and Voting for a New Generation” which includes model...

Abortion rights bills as of January 15

Posted on January 15, 2020

Bills filed as of January 15, 2020 STATE-BY-STATE ** = new or updated since the last Repro Rights Report Arizona **AZ SB 1120 by Victoria Steele – Requires sex education to include contraception **AZ...

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