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Voting rights advocates ponder strategy

January 18, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Advocates of enforcing and advancing voting rights are faced with an incoming hostile GOP government.

Dr. King pushed our nation to look into the mirror on values

January 17, 2017 By Jesse Jackson

Dr. King would be heartbroken today to see the top priorities of the new Trump administration.

This week in history: Julian Bond is seated in the Georgia legislature

January 10, 2017 By Special to People’s World

When he retired from the Georgia Senate, he had been elected to office more times than any other black Georgian.

Radical hope in an upside-down time

January 6, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn

America has moved into new territory – a world we do not recognize.

Civil rights at risk under Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions

January 3, 2017 By Jesse Jackson

The rush and insistence on only two days of confirmation hearings reflect Republican efforts to cram Sessions’ nomination through before Americans understand what is at stake.