Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Remembered at Funeral as “Patriot Who Risked His Life” for Democracy & Rev. James Lawson: John Lewis’s Life Is Call to Action Against U.S. Violence & Plantation Capitalism
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Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Remembered at Funeral as “Patriot Who Risked His Life” for Democracy ([link removed])
As family, friends and dignitaries paid their final respects at the Atlanta funeral of John Lewis, the civil rights leader and 17-term Georgia Congressmember was remembered as a singular force ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Rev. James Lawson: John Lewis’s Life Is Call to Action Against U.S. Violence & Plantation Capitalism ([link removed])
As mourners gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to honor the life of Georgia Congressmember John Lewis, among those who spoke was civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson, who ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Barack Obama: Honor John Lewis by Renewing Voting Rights Act & Ballot Access in the U.S. ([link removed])
In his stirring eulogy at the funeral service for Congressmember John Lewis, President Barack Obama said expanded voting rights would be the greatest way to honor the civil rights icon’s legacy. In ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Noam Chomsky: Decades of “the Neoliberal Plague” Left U.S. Unprepared for COVID-19 Outbreak ([link removed])
As the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, we spend the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who says decades ... Read More → ([link removed])
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“They Have No Evidence Against Me”: Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Jailed After He Criticized Govt. ([link removed])
Moroccan authorities arrested award-winning journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi Wednesday on what press freedom advocates call “retaliatory charges.” ... Read More → ([link removed])


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