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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…
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January 31, 2022 10:42 am | By 75043Celebrating Black Women on the Federal Bench
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. President Joe Biden’s first year in office has brought both triumphs and disappointments. There’s no question that the administration has work to do on voting rights and on passing the critical social…
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January 27, 2022 11:24 am | By 75043USA TODAY: Biden must honor his commitment to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court
On January 27, 2022, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous published the following op-ed in USA Today: Whatever you think of the pressure exerted on Justice Stephen Breyer to retire over the last couple of years – and it has been intense –…
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January 24, 2022 4:32 pm | By 75043Trump, the MLK Holiday, and the Big Lie
This op-ed was distributed by Trice-Edney Newswire. Did you see how former President Donald Trump spent Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend? He made one of the ugliest appeals to racial resentment and white grievance that I have seen in decades.…
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January 24, 2022 10:39 am | By 75043THE HILL: Despite Senate setbacks, the fight for voting rights is far from over
On January 23, 2022, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous published the following op-ed in The Hill: There’s no way to sugarcoat it: the Senate’s failure to overcome a Republican filibuster of voting rights bills last week is…
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January 14, 2022 4:27 pm | By 75043From MLK’s Alma Mater and John Lewis’s District, Reminders of the Power of Direct Action
This op-ed was distributed by Trice-Edney Newswire. President Joe Biden could have delivered his recent voting rights message to U.S. senators from the White House just down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol. Instead, he and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled…
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January 12, 2022 4:21 pm | By 75043The Big Truth: The Big Problem Is The Big Lie
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It’s been a year since a mob of Trumpists violently attacked the U.S. Capitol. They wanted to stop Congress from affirming President Joe Biden’s victory. Some of them were out for blood.…
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December 23, 2021 10:11 am | By 75043Celebrating Biden’s First Year Judges
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Could you use some good news at the end of this very challenging year? I have some great news. President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Senate have done a fantastic job nominating…
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December 16, 2021 4:20 pm | By 75043
Defending a Democracy in Flames
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom. And how we can preserve it. Our freedom is threatened. We all need to be paying attention and preparing to take…
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December 3, 2021 5:18 am | By 75043Right Wing Judges Put Millions’ Rights and Access to Health Care at Risk
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. The political and legal movement to criminalize abortion in the U.S. is on the brink of its biggest victory in 50 years. Most at risk are those who are already among the…
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November 30, 2021 2:11 pm | By 75043USA TODAY: Charlottesville sends message to the hearts of Americans from the heart of the old Confederacy
On November 26, 2021, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous published the following op-ed in USA Today: The 2017 violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, has, for the past four years, made the city shorthand for white supremacist…
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November 19, 2021 5:52 pm | By 75043
Giving Thanks
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. “In everything give thanks.” That Bible verse can be hard to put into practice. Just by being alive we can be sure of having moments of sadness as well as happiness. When…
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November 16, 2021 10:17 am | By 75043Investing In American People And Communities
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress have come through with a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package—something the previous president repeatedly promised but never delivered. The plan will bring much-needed investments to American…