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“Rights Not Safeguarded Can Be Eroded Or Lost”: Nation’s Voting Rights Laws...
One of the most painful scenes in Ava DuVernay’s film, Selma, about Martin Luther King Jr.’s protest marches in Selma, Ala., shows nurse Annie Lee Cooper, played by Oprah Winfrey, being turned away...
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“I Don’t Follow That Every Day”: Selma’s Senator Not Really Sure What’s Going...
It was just last weekend that people flooded into Selma, Alabama, to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights marches there — marches that led to the Voting Rights Act. Dozens of...
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“What Makes Us Exceptional”: Our Willingness To Confront Squarely Our...
This week President Obama did something unprecedented…he took responsibility for a terrible mistake that took the lives of two good men. Here’s a part of what he said: But one of the things that sets...
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“Lots Of Minority People Are Already Voting”: Top Senate Republican Rejects...
It was just last month when much of the nation’s attention turned to Selma, Alabama, where Americans saw former President George W. Bush stand and applaud a call for Congress to restore the Voting...
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“Jeb Bush Balks At Voting Rights Push”: The More Salient Question Is Whether...
In March, President Obama delivered a powerful speech in Selma, Alabama, where he, among other things, called for Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act. Former President George W. Bush was on hand...
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“We’re Not There Yet”: On This Martin Luther King Day, How Far Have We Really...
Martin Luther King Day honors the birthday of our nation’s 20th century conscience. MLK Day also serves as a benchmark against which to measure the extent to which three plagues cited by King — racism,...
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“This Land Is Your Land”: A More Honest Look At What Patriotism Really Means
As we head into this July 4th weekend, I’m thinking about the fact that a lot of liberals struggle with the whole idea of patriotism. That’s because the word has often been associated with the...
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“Celebrating The Nation That Can’t Stay Still”: The Purpose Of The Past Is To...
It is the birthright of all Americans to be patriotic in their own way, something worth remembering at a moment of great political division. Instead of challenging each other’s love of country, we...
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