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Support Mental Health

More than one in five people in West Virginia reports their mental health is poor, the lowest rate in the nation.

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Reduce Child Poverty

More than 20% of the children in West Virginia live in poverty, and more than 15% of adults to age 64 do as well.

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Manage Mining Better

Mountain top mining and coal mines have had a devastating effect on the health of people and the landscape in West Virginia.

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Support the PFAS Ban

Washington is strengthening bans on PFAS, setting a new precedent in public health protection from these harmful forever chemicals.

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Reward Wolf Protection

Timber wolves are protected by law in Washington where 215 or more live in 37 family packs across their former range.

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Reward Good Gun Laws

After passing a slate of new gun safety laws in the past decade, Washington is among the top 10 states in terms of gun law strength.

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Reverse the Orca Decline

Prey loss, warming waters, and ocean shipping are threatening the 20 or more Southern Resident orcas living in their family pod.

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Save a Swamp

A fraction of its original size, the Great Dismal Swamp contains some of the most important wildlife habitat in the Mid-Atlantic, protecting hundreds of species.

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Protect Voting Rights

In 2023 Virginia wrongly removed 3,400 voters from the voter rolls just days before the election.

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Stop Mass Incarceration

Virginia has an incarceration rate of 749 per 100,000 people including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities, and locks up a higher percentage of its people than any democratic country on earth.

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Support the PFAS Ban

Vermont is strengthening bans on PFAS, setting a new precedent in public health protection from these harmful forever chemicals.

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Help Unhoused Children

Rural children are at high risk of being unhoused in Vermont which has the second highest per capita homelessness rate in the nation.

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End Mass Incarceration

Overall, Vermont has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country—yet one of the highest rates of African-American imprisonment.

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Fight Racism

Utah ranks among the top 10 in the nation for the distribution of white supremacist propaganda.

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