[U.S. Supreme Court\Ramos v. Louisiana]
Ed Chung: “This ruling is a victory for civil rights and criminal justice. The laws allowing nonunanimous verdicts in both Louisiana and Oregon were born of racist intent and helped perpetuate the racial disparities that have long plagued the U.S. justice system.”
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[Commentary\Bernie Sanders’ Campaign]
Sanders’ policies like Medicare for All are supported by a vast majority of the population. People seem to be voting for Biden because they think he’s a safer bet.
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[Black History\Negro Election Day\Black Picnic Day]
Doreen Wade: “In the 1740’s, freed black American’s and slaves in Massachusetts gathered on land given to Prince Pompeo, a freed slave. This land was given by his white slave owner and he used it to celebrate a holiday called ‘Negro Election Day.”
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[NAACP Expansion]
Leon Russell: “Civil rights advocacy requires more robust engagement in public policy. We are embarking on a relentless pursuit to position the Association to be more agile and responsive in the face of the serious challenges confronting communities of color.”
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[New Jersey\Voting Rights]
ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha:”People who have been disenfranchised in every sense of the word have regained their most fundamental power in a democracy, thanks to Gov. Murphy’s signature and the leadership of the legislative sponsors.”
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[Remembering Congressman John Conyers]
Congressman Dan Kildee: John Conyers was a fighter for civil rights who served the people of Detroit in Congress for over 50 years. As a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, John Conyers rose to become the longest-serving African American in Congress and Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. Throughout his life, John Conyers helped to advance many important causes, including expanding voting rights and equal rights for all Americans.”
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[Voter Suppression]
Greg Palast on voter suppression: “Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, the dark art of vote stealing is on steroids. Voters are being removed from rolls more aggressively — especially in the preclearance states that previously had additional protections under the VRA. As a result, last year alone, 14 million Americans were purged from voter rolls.”
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[Guest Editorial\Dr. Keith Magee]
Dr. Magee: “The preaching of ‘whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also’, is no longer applicable in these times. There’s no longer the tolerance to mount a non-violence movement or foot soldiers in protest when the evidence is clear that this venom embodied in these White-skin individuals is filled with intentional rage, injustice, and violence, against everyone that isn’t a pure American of Anglo-Saxon descent.”
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