It’s hard to imagine more unnerving images than those of unarmed African-Americans in deadly or near-deadly encounters with police officers in the rash of cases that have gripped the nation over the last 12 months. The videos of 12-year-old Tamir Rice being shot as he sat in a local park in Cleveland and of 50-year-old […]
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Sunday was a special day. Not only did we have the opportunity to celebrate the incredible, hardworking mothers and women in our lives, but, in a small town in South Carolina, a community gathered in an open field to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Fifty years ago on May 8, 1966, Martin
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Jointly written by: David Jacobson, Democratic Strategist and Campaign Consultant at the firm Shallman Communication, Huffington Post Blogger and Television Political Analyst and Areva Martin, Esq. * * * * * It’s roll-your-eyes, pie-in-the sky fantasy talk, but that doesn’t stop the Republican presumptive nominee, billionaire Donald Trump, from prophesies about it. We’re talking about
It’s become a genuine movement. A vehicle for change. Nationally, a mouthpiece intimately connected to and driving much of America’s conversation surrounding criminal justice reform, an end to institutional racism, and real, true equality for all. The question is, after the 2016 election, will it—the change movement called Black Lives Matter—flourish and advance or
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References and comparisons of Kim Davis to Rosa Parks and other iconic Civil Rights Movement leaders are not only offensive, they’re misplaced. Firstly, Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is fighting for exclusion rather than inclusion. Davis is selectively reading and interpreting Bible passages in
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