This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Why People Keep Getting Arrested at the California State Capitol
On Monday, the California Poor People's Campaign, calling for affordable housing and other policies to address poverty, interrupted the state Senate and forced legislators to halt the floor session.
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'Time for a Moral Confrontation': Poor People's Campaign Launches With Local Rallies Nationwide
The campaign, with an emphasis on voter mobilization and civil disobedience, will include 40 days of demonstrations culminating in a massive protest on June 23 in Washington, D.C.
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A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World
A beautiful thing is happening: Advocates for racial justice and for environmental protection are coming together in a new way.
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#DemocracySpring Kicks Off With 140-Mile March To Capital
Movement wants big money out of politics – and free and fair elections.
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Triumph Of Courage: Bree Newsome Takes Down the Confederate Flag In Charleston
I removed the flag not only in defiance of those who enslaved my ancestors in the southern United States, but also in defiance of the oppression that continues against black people globally in 2015.
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Moving Forward Together, North Carolina Is Leading the Next Civil Rights Movement
The only way to beat organized money is to have organized people.
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Reverend William Barber: Leader of the Biggest Social Movement the Media Won't Talk About
"They’re not attacking us because we’re weak – they’re attacking us because we can fulfill the hope of Dr. King and form that demographic bloc that can shift the politics in the South."
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Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge
About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.
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Federal Court Strikes Down Republican-Backed Voter ID Law In North Carolina
Ruling that "the right to vote is fundamental," a N.C. appeals court reinstated the right to register to vote and cast a ballot on the same day, and to vote outside one's home precinct.
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North Carolina Protesters Call to End the Worst Voting Law Since Jim Crow
Activists with the Moral Monday movement rallied outside a packed courthouse in Winston-Salem to demand voting rights for all.
