The N4C Spotlight highlights the stories, voices and concerns of our neighbors.
- N4C Spotlight: David G.
“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”. - N4C Spotlight: Debbie
“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”. - N4C Spotlight: Stephanie
“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”. - N4C Spotlight: Elliott
“Personally, you can’t find good medical care locally. So to find a neurologist, I’m having to drive to Williamsburg. I’d love to hear anything about medical care/healthcare, something to deal with those problems. It is hard to deal with everything going on with aging parents. Costs are going up, and it’s hard to navigate.” - N4C Spotlight: WRKW 93.9 FM
TheWorkFM 93.9 is a progressive community radio station “For the People, By the People.” The all-volunteer, non-commercial station’s live stream includes community radio with progressive news and discussions, local programming, local music, and a space for women’s voices. Read More - N4C Spotlight: Denise
“What brings me out is the future of my grandchildren and my great grandchildren and bad things for the working class. People fought so hard to get us where we are, I was hoping we’d never go back, we’d just keep moving forward and make it better. But we’re going backward, and it’s getting worse.”
