A friend of mine points to some critical data about yesterday’s New York Primary, Continue reading No, The Bern Didn’t Get Doused in NY: Why Progressives Are Getting Angrier After The #NYPrimary | Blog#42
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#BernieSanders News Roundup, #NYPrimary Edition 4/18-20 | Blog#42
This is the NY Primary edition of my Bernie Sanders news roundup Continue reading #BernieSanders News Roundup, #NYPrimary Edition 4/18-20 | Blog#42
A collection of clippings on #HigherEd, jobs and policy | Blog#42
Following are clippings from articles written about the state of higher education in the US Continue reading A collection of clippings on #HigherEd, jobs and policy | Blog#42
1 in 13 African-American Adults Prohibited From Voting in the United States
March 24, 2015 by Katie Rose Quandt
This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com.
As Americans honor those who fought for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago, it’s easy to forget that 5.9 million citizens — 2.2 million of them African-Americans — remain disenfranchised today. One out of every 13 African-Americans is prohibited from casting a ballot in the United States. Continue reading 1 in 13 African-American Adults Prohibited From Voting in the United States
Restoring our Democracy: Calling the NAACP and MoralMondays
Now that Election 2014 is over and we await whatever happens next in the Democratic camp, progressives need to step up efforts to take their rightful place at the helm of the party.
It is clear that voter disengagement was more a function of the unwillingness to keep voting in the status quo, than it was the abandonment of the Democratic party. It should be taken as a warning to Democrats that the party, as it is now, not only stopped reflecting the popular view, but has also allowed itself to be dragged into the Republicans’ dangerous race politics. Continue reading Restoring our Democracy: Calling the NAACP and MoralMondays
Here’s the Latest in the #GOP’s Push to Restrict #Voting | BillMoyersHQ
October 2, 2014
By John Light
With more than a month to go until Election Day, the record for most money spent by outside groups to influence a midterm has already been broken. Meanwhile, Republicans in a number of states continue their relentless push to restrict access to the polls via reduced early voting and voter id laws.
Continue reading Here’s the Latest in the #GOP’s Push to Restrict #Voting | BillMoyersHQ
Rev. Dr. William Barber II on North Carolina’s Fight for Democracy | BillMoyers
Mariya Strauss is the economic justice fellow at social justice think tank Political Research Associates. You can follow her on Twitter @mariyastrauss.
Editor’s note: The Moral Mondays movement began as a grassroots response to North Carolina’s rightward lurch after Republicans won complete control of the state’s government for the first time since 1870. Modeled on the civil rights movement, it has united a diverse group of citizens in opposition to the draconian legislative agenda that’s turned what was once the most moderate state in the South into a laboratory for conservative ideology. Continue reading Rev. Dr. William Barber II on North Carolina’s Fight for Democracy | BillMoyers