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$50 million is .03% of Wells Fargo’s net worth—a tiny investment in image management if they go on exploiting people & the community. Remember, they made this commitment in 2017, but kept on discriminating.
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Wells Fargo, for example, made billions by exploiting Black, brown & low-income people. When they gave $50 million to the NAACP earlier this year, that did nothing to change discriminatory practices.
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The work of the US Justice Dept to hold banks accountable for discriminatory practices is important, but we must pay attention to whether the settlements include real changes in the banking industry.
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Don’t miss this new book on the hidden history of the 2nd Amendment—essential reading as we continue to face the moral issue of gun violence in the US.
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Prof. Carl T. Bogus on His New 
"Madison's Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment" @OxUniPress twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
"Madison's Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment" @OxUniPress twitter.com/i/broadcasts/15
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A 12-week abortion ban in NC is not about life. If extremists who claim to be Republicans were serious about life, they would pass healthcare, living wages, family leave and fully-funded public education. Please, just stop lying.
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Voting rights can no longer be the special interest of legacy civil rights organizations. We need an all-hands-on-deck response to this crisis.
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We have some battles ahead of us, but remember what we face is not worse than what our foreparents faced. And there are more of us with more tools.
These extremists are really weak because they know they can’t win in fair fight. 19% in NC, 7% in GA, 4% in FL are the small… Show more
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We only need small percentages of poor and low wealth voters that haven’t voted to vote in NC, GA, & FL to overcome the margin of victory in the last few elections. So let’s go to work around a love, truth, justice & moral agenda. And let’s remember, as my co-chair … Show more
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We have some battles ahead of us, but remember: what we face is not worse than what our foreparents faced. And there are more of us now. Let’s go to work and take back our mighty dream again. These extremists are really weak b/c they know they can’t win a fair fight.
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Lastly, we find ourselves here because of an unholy alliance between the greedy part of corporate America that supported the gutting of Section 5 and the blocking of a living wage and universal health care. Progressive corporate leaders are going to have to get in this fight just… Show more
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Third, the framing of voting rights as a Black issue rather than an issue that connects to every other issue --LGBTQ+ rights, union rights, health care, public education. We must change this narrative. Voter suppression is an attack on democracy.
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Second, the lack of investment in time, money and organizers in the South, especially because far too many neo liberal-and so called corporate Dems write off South, poor and low wealth voters even though poor and low wealth voters make up 30 or more percent of the electorate in… Show more
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First, two Dems and 50 Republicans blocking restoration of pre-clearance Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and the following confusing political decision by some social justice orgs to not join a mass mobilization even after thousands rose up to demand the passage of John Lewis… Show more
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What the extremists are doing in state houses are political coups. This is a throwback to a pattern Southern states used to overthrow movement success in the 1870s and 1970s.
We must remember why we find ourselves here:
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We must make it clear across the state that you can never ever sit out an election. Extremists are winning by small voter percentages that could easily be overcome by persons who just choose not to vote. This seat was decided by 165k votes in an election where 1 million ppl… Show more
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This extreme action must emboldened our action and agitation. We must now take these matters to the federal court, but we must also recognize that these members of the Supreme Court were elected. They are not lifelong positions, and none of them were elected by a margin so great… Show more
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On one day, they have rolled back our victory against racialized gerrymandering. They rolled back reenfranchisement for over 50,000 former felons, and they rolled back the ruling against voter ID.
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We just witnessed a political massacre and a coup d’état by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Five Republicans—all white—with two African-Americans dissenting, decided to be the focal point of voter suppression in North Carolina.
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We can’t be overly giddy or celebratory about record low unemployment in an economy where people who work full-time don’t earn enough to survive.
Remember, slavery was full employment. Today, low unemployment w/ high rates of low wages is not a healthy economy.
This is why the… Show more
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This is sad news. Now Mr. B belongs to the ages. The best way we can honor him is to model how he used the arts & his gifts to expand & promote the Movement—not for Black ppl alone, but for love & justice for all humanity.
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Breaking News: Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, actor and activist who became a major force in the civil rights movement, has died at 96. nyti.ms/444e0xM
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On the 10th anniversary of the North Carolina protests, Rev. William Barber II says supporters must recommit to fighting for social justice. #ncpol
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"Every crucifixion needs a witness, even if you're in the minority," says on the 10th anniversary of the Moral Monday rally in North Carolina, which began with only 17 people protesting budget cuts that affected the poor and working-class
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Today we’re in Raleigh, North Carolina, for our #MoralMonday Ten-Year Anniversary and Recommitment Rally. If you can’t join us in person, join us online: fal.cn/3xGpD
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LIVE: Moral Monday 10-Year Anniversary and Recommitment Rally
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Thank you, , for continuing to challenge policy murder & helping the nation see what’s happening in statehouses controlled by extremists.
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"We must challenge the policies of death." TN lawmaker @brotherjones_ made headlines this week for carrying an infant-sized casket into the state's Capitol. Justin Jones tells @abbydphillip why bold actions like these are needed to move the needle on gun reform. #InsidePolitics
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With the 10th anniversary of the Moral Monday Movement approaching, Facing South democracy reporter Benjamin Barber spoke with Rev. William Barber II, his father, about the movement's roots and accomplishments, and what keeps him hopeful today.
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10 years after the 1st Moral Monday in NC, we’re headed back to Raleigh to continue building a moral fusion movement for a Third Reconstruction. Make plans to join us here: actionnetwork.org/events/moral-m
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I will always treasure this inaugural class of our Center at Yale. Forward together!
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We must take action to address gun violence. And we must connect extremists inaction on this issue to other forms of policy murder. Because as insane as the level of gun violence is in this nation, 10 TIMES as many people die from poverty here.
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"My ancestors did not flee to this country so my children could cower in a closet by day... We must do better for all of our children – because they are all of our children."
Rabbi Lindsey Danziger and Rabbi Shana Mackler at today's #MoralMonday with in #Nashville.
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Just heard a very emotional testimony from Sarah Neumann, a Covenant School mom. Many in the audience were tearing up as she spoke.
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The King Center was represented by Senior Nonviolence Trainer/Chief Content Officer, Dr. , at #MoralMonday Tennessee yesterday.
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Whenever people stand together & refuse to accept the politics of death, we have the chance to push toward a more perfect union. Thank you, Tennessee, for a powerful Moral Monday. Forward together!
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#MoralMonday is not a moment, it’s a movement. The same people in TN & across the South who block gun laws also block healthcare, living wages & voting rights. We won’t accept this policy violence anymore. We must stand together. If there are enough of us, they can’t stop us.
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We’re winning. Today you focused on the issues, called out policy murder & showed them this religious, moral, advocate, impacted people coalition. They saw us & said ‘ain’t no way in heaven we’re going to do this today.’ Now we know the lesson: stay here!
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Understand the power of today. Tennesseans of all races, ages, and differences marched to the state capitol & filled the balcony of the TN House. We stopped extremists from voting to put more guns in schools. We will keep fighting to stop public policy violence in all its forms.
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Tennessee lawmakers have the power to save lives with gun safety laws, but instead, they’re pushing dangerous bills to arm teachers and put more guns in schools.
To our lawmakers: DO YOUR JOB!
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They tried to silence us. On #MoralMonday, as we march to reclaim our democracy and demand gun safety legislation, the cries of our moral movement are ringing through the halls of the people’s house in #Tennessee.
It is time to demand policies that foster life, not death.
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#Tennessee knows that when it comes to our people, our lives, and our children, there's too much death from poverty, too much death from denial of health care, too much death from guns.
Today, we march in Nashville to end policy murder. #MoralMonday
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