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May 5, 2022 4:49 pm | By 75043New ‘Dream Team’ of federal judges
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Something amazing just happened in the U.S. Capitol. On one day, April 27, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for five extraordinary women of color who have been nominated…
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Op-EdApril 25, 2022 1:19 pm | By 75043
An Extraordinary Life, Linking Past and Present
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often.” “In this life you have to…
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April 18, 2022 1:42 pm | ByAcross America Students Must Learn All History
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Black history is American history. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. But thanks to politicians like Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, teaching honestly about history is getting downright dangerous. Youngkin got elected in part…
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April 12, 2022 1:44 pm | By 75043Far-Right Smears of Judge Jackson Show Why We Can’t Let Them Take Power
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson made history this week when the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. That is cause for celebration. When Judge Jackson is sworn in as…
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April 1, 2022 3:39 pm | By 75043Fighting the Corruption of Power
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. We keep learning more about the attack on the U.S. Capitol. And we keep learning more about the many schemes former President Donald Trump and his team tried to use to overturn…
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March 28, 2022 5:37 pm | By 75043We’re Not Letting Anybody Steal Our Joy
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. A congressional meeting room might be the last place people would expect to find joy. But joy was in the air on the opening day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court…
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March 24, 2022 10:18 am | ByBLAVITY: What Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Will Mean To Black Gen-Zers Like Myself
On March 23, 2022, Addison Rose, Youth Mayor of Washington, DC, published the following opinion piece in Blavity: Growing up as a Black woman in Washington, DC, I’ve always viewed the U.S. Supreme Court as a historic symbol, something powerful…
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March 24, 2022 9:56 am | By 75043
NEWSWEEK: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Bring Moral Clarity to SCOTUS
On March 23, 2022, Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way, published the following opinion piece in Newsweek: There is no question that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit,…
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March 17, 2022 1:37 pm | By 75043Black Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Anti-democratic authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas. That’s especially true at moments like this when Vladimir Putin’s military is…
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March 11, 2022 9:00 am | By 75043From Selma to the Supreme Court, We Are Still Making History
This op-ed was distributed by Trice-Edney Newswire. History was made in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. Alabama state troopers viciously attacked peaceful voting rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The troopers were hoping to stop the voting rights…
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March 4, 2022 3:16 pm | By 75043State of the Union: Democracy Needs Defenders
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address reminded Americans that democracy needs defenders—here at home as well as in Ukraine. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine was understandably a major…
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March 4, 2022 10:16 am | By 75043THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY: Right-Wing Lies Against Supreme Court Nominee Must Be Met With Strong Philanthropic Response
On March 3, 2022, Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way, published the following opinion piece in The Chronicle of Philanthropy: President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court is a…
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March 2, 2022 4:12 pm | By 101455ITHACA VOICE: Are our police officers protecting and serving all of us?
On March 1, 2022, Alana Byrd, Campaign Manager at People For the American Way, published the following letter to the editor in The Ithaca Voice: Late last month, the Ithaca Voice reported on two separate stabbings which occurred in the…
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February 25, 2022 10:03 am | By 75043Ketanji Brown Jackson Is the Supreme Court Justice We Need Now
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It is with profound joy that I write these words today: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated to become our nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. From a pool of…
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February 23, 2022 10:52 am | By 101455ITHACA TIMES: Real Crime Data in the Wake of Disinformation
On February 22, 2022, Alana Byrd, Campaign Manager at People For the American Way, published the following opinion piece in The Ithaca Times: In response to the city of Ithaca’s Reimagining Public Safety plan, the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association (PBA)…
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February 22, 2022 1:30 pm | By 28188THE HILL: No, Biden’s Supreme Court justice will not be powerless
On February 22, 2022, Paul Gordon, Senior Counsel at People For the American Way, published the following opinion piece in The Hill: Ever since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, some analysts have been saying that…
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February 17, 2022 10:07 am | By 28184Only A Black Woman: A Faith Leader’s Reflection On The Pending Supreme Court Nomination
On February 16, 2022, Leslie Watson Wilson, national director of People For’s African American Religious Affairs, published the following opinion piece in NewsOne: I have been asked what does it, this historic nomination, mean to me? [...] What does this…
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February 11, 2022 4:25 pm | By 75043Republican Party Makes Dangerous Bow to Trump’s Insurrectionists
This op-ed was distributed by Trice-Edney Newswire. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump than to democracy, the rule of law, and the truth. Some people might say Republicans…
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February 3, 2022 3:39 pm | By 75043How History Will Be Made Again: Black History Month and the Supreme Court
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. February is Black History Month. The news we are making and witnessing right now reflects all the contradictions of our history—American history. The history of Black people in this country is a…
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February 2, 2022 3:06 pm | By 28184
THE WASHINGTON POST: It’s time for the Supreme Court to truly reflect America
On February 2, 2022, Leslie Watson Wilson, national director of People For's African American Religious Affairs, published the following letter to the editor in The Washington Post: I was disappointed to see Ruth Marcus’s Jan. 27 op-ed, “Breyer’s replacement will…