Tag: Selma
From Selma to Springfield: Why we’re marching in Illinois
Our loved ones – past, present, and future – are always in this struggle with us. We march for all of them, and for all of us.
In Selma, Memories of Bloody Sunday Spur Action Today
The fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma this past weekend was a look back at living history. It was also a moment to remember the martyrs of the civil-rights movement then and now. Will bringing together past and present help shape a new future?
Martin Luther King III: Don't Idolize My Father, Embrace His Ideals...
In celebration of Bloody Sunday, King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, spoke this past weekend in Selma and asked the people to embrace his father's ideals of freedom, justice and equality rather than idolize him.
Voting Rights Remain Under Attack 50 Years After the Bloody Sunday...
This past weekend, thousands of people, including President Obama and more than 100 members of Congress, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Still, the Voting Rights Act is under peril today.
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New poll shows the majority of Americans don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned
Americans don't agree with the new abortion bans in Alabama and Georgia.
Will Biden’s dog whistles for racism catch up with him?
Denial of that reality could help him win the party’s nomination -- and then help Donald Trump get re-elected.
Hillary’s call for Chinese meddling in 2020 is no joking matter
China already interfered with a presidential election once on behalf of Democrats.
This is how Republics die
"America will not 'bounce back' from the Trump presidency when it ends, and may lose all ability to recover at all if that presidency lasts six rather than two more years."
‘Becoming a green, sustainable society:’ Shorter work weeks is one of several strategies
"This new paper from Autonomy is a thought experiment that should give policymakers, activists and campaigners more ballast to make the case that a Green New Deal is absolutely necessary."
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