Tag: Voting Rights Act of 1965

Juneteenth Marks A Freedom That Arrived Late And Remains Incomplete

Source: Myung J. Chun / Getty Juneteenth asks something more of us than a barbecue and a day off work. It asks us to hold the arrival of freedom in 1865 alongside the long and unfinished record of people who have spent the years since defending it, a fight that still has no finish line. […]

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Jesse Jackson’s Campaigns Offer Blueprint For Defeating US Extremism

Source: David Corio / Getty Over 40 years after his first presidential campaign and call for a Rainbow Coalition, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s transformative presidential campaigns offer a framework for sustaining opposition to extremist economic and political policies. His political challenge was as much about the presidency as it was about shifting culture and values.  Through […]

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