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Jan 17, 2017
3 min

Politicians Honor MLK Day While Working Against The Rights He Fought For

If your policies lead to voter suppression, you’re not actually fighting for justice. Alana Horowitz Satlin Assignment Editor, The Huffington Post Politicians across the U.S. marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year by sharing photos of the civil rights hero and remembering his fight for equality. Some of the people paying tribute did so despite having actively fought against the causes that Dr. King championed. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), for one, has been a staunch

Jay Murdock

Oct 6, 2012
4 min

Power Is in Your Person

Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 10/05/2012 4:43 pm You know, when we started the farm workers movement, I remember going to many conferences, and people [kept asking] how do we do this… We had to convince people that they have power. Of course, when you say to a farm worker who doesn’t speak the English language, doesn’t have formal education, doesn’t have any assets, doesn’t have any money, that he or she has power, they say, ‘What kind of

The President Owes His Young, Black Supporters

Jay Murdock

Jan 26, 2011
3 min

The President Owes His Young, Black Supporters

When Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, he won it with the votes of millions of young black people. They were the kids who went from door-to-door, kids who wore T-shirts and Kangol caps bearing his name – or his image and the word “Hope.” Kids who, in seeing a black man become president of the world’s foremost superpower, began to believe in the power of their dreams. But now, the president needs to step up for them in the same way that they stepped out for him more t

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