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November 30, 2020 1:59 pm | By 75043Grateful, Even in 2020
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney Newswire. This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving. Instead of looking forward to family and feasting, many of us are listening to health officials…
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November 28, 2020 7:41 am | By 75043BALTIMORE SUN: Presidents should be picked by popular vote
This piece was originally published by The Baltimore Sun. This year, when Joe Biden passed the threshold of more votes cast than had been cast for any candidate in U.S. history — clearly winning the popular vote — the Electoral…
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November 18, 2020 1:55 pm | By 75043Georgia’s Black Voters Can Make History Again
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney Newswire. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made a brilliant choice in opening her remarks at the Democratic presidential ticket’s victory celebration with a quote from civil rights icon and former Georgia congressman John…
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November 12, 2020 11:10 am | By 75043A Huge Victory – and More Work to Do
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. After four exhausting years of President Donald Trump and four excruciating days of vote counting, the election was called for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday. Hallelujah! Those…
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November 10, 2020 2:45 pm | By 62609Ben Jealous in the Baltimore Sun: It’s Time to Fix Our Broken Election System
In an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, People For President Ben Jealous discusses the need for democracy and electoral reform in our government. Citing the 2020 elections as an example, Jealous outlines the undemocratic problems with the Electoral College, voter…
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November 6, 2020 1:03 pm | By 62609Ben Jealous in USA Today: Amid Election Chaos, Let’s “Keep Calm, Keep Counting, and Get to Work”
In an op-ed published on Nov. 4 in USA Today, People For President Ben Jealous urges Americans to “keep calm”as every vote gets counted in the 2020 presidential election. Jealous reminds us that we knew going into the election that…
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October 30, 2020 6:05 pm | By 75043A Hard Lesson in Democracy
Republicans in the U.S. Senate just gave us some clarity about where their party wants to take this country. It’s not pretty, and it’s not popular, which is why they’ve put so much effort into taking over the federal courts.…
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October 16, 2020 1:02 pm | By 75043Politicians Can Stop Police Killings
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney Newswire. Millions of Americans have come out in big cities and small towns to protest the killings of unarmed civilians — often Black people — at the hands of law enforcement. If…
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October 12, 2020 9:53 am | By 62609Dolores Huerta: Democratic Candidates Must Earn Latino Support
In an op-ed in Univision, civil rights and labor leader and PFAW board member Dolores Huerta discusses the critical need for Democratic candidates to invest long-term in Latino voter outreach. Huerta points out that Latinos have helped tip the scales…
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October 9, 2020 12:25 pm | By 58192Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling in This Election
This op-ed was distributed by OtherWords. Well before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in the frenzied process had seemed terribly amiss. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his party are playing by…
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October 8, 2020 9:51 am | By 75043What’s at Stake with Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee: Health Care and Civil Rights
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney Newswire. Republicans’ rush to fill the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat before the election is a terrible threat to Black people’s civil rights and the health of our communities. In her 27…
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September 30, 2020 2:14 pm | By 75043Ruth Bader Ginsburg Defended Important Social Justice Gains, Including Health Care
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney Newswire. The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an intellectual giant with a righteous spirit. She used her brilliant mind and steely determination to protect the gains of the civil rights movement and…
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September 29, 2020 3:49 pm | By 62609Ben Jealous: “Graham’s Support for a Supreme Court Nominee Puts SC Health Care at Risk”
In an op-ed in the Post and Courier, PFAW President Ben Jealous criticizes Sen. Lindsey Graham for his open support for processing an anti-health care Supreme Court nominee in the middle of a public health crisis. The pandemic has exacerbated…
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September 23, 2020 3:59 pm | By 75043Tell Republicans: Stop Trump from Trashing Our Post Office
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney News Wire. The post office is one of the most respected institutions in America, a lifeline for millions of Americans, and a source of good jobs for thousands of Black people—and the Trump administration…
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September 16, 2020 10:35 am | By 62609Elliot Mincberg: Trump’s Supreme Court Short List Puts Health Care “In the Crosshairs”
In a new op-ed in The Hill, PFAW Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg ties Donald Trump’s updated short list of potential Supreme Court nominees to the threat they would pose to Americans’ access to health care if any of them are…
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September 15, 2020 10:53 am | By 62609Ben Jealous: Ernst’s “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”
In a new op-ed in the Carroll Times Herald, PFAW President Ben Jealous emphasizes Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s complicity in endangering Iowans’ access to health care through her votes to confirm Donald Trump’s judicial appointees. Jealous notes that many of…
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September 14, 2020 11:08 am | By 75043The Key to Motivating Young Voters? Young Candidates
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney News Wire. One of the most exciting parts of this year’s Democratic National Convention for me was the keynote speech delivered collectively by a group of young progressive elected officials, many of…
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September 10, 2020 4:51 pm | By 75043Black Voters are Top Targets of Voter Suppression ‘Information Warfare’
This op-ed was distributed by the Trice Edney News Wire. Black voters have a powerful role to play in this year’s elections. That’s why we are being targeted by disinformation campaigns that are meant to discourage and suppress our turnout.…
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June 10, 2020 1:13 pm | By 28183A Bittersweet Juneteenth
This post originally appeared on OtherWords.org. Our ancestors were emancipated on Juneteenth, but we're still fighting for true freedom in this country. Americans may or may not know there’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. In addition…
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May 20, 2020 9:00 am | By 73273Diallo Brooks: We Don’t Need to Return to Normal — We Need a New Normal
In a new op-ed published by Colorlines, PFAW Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks emphasizes that the “normal” life that Donald Trump is pushing states to get back to during the COVID-19 pandemic is not a normal that…