The Rev. Dr. William Barber
founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. With Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, an Assistant Director at the Center, he is the author of “White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.”
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The Rev. Dr. William Barber
Though we were arrested and carried away, we have not stopped praying. Moral Monday is back at the Capitol today.
By challenging 65,000 ballots that were cast in November, Judge Griffin continues to try to whittle down the electorate after the fact to tip the race in his favor.
This vote actually reveals the weakness of America’s anti-democracy movements.
“When we fight, we win!” Harris has said in stump speeches. That’s been a standard rallying cry since McDonald’s workers first organized the Fight for 15 more than a decade ago.
A decade of North Carolina extremists abusing power has taken its toll, but Democrats deserve some blame in Republicans obtaining a supermajority.
Racism is not about feelings; it’s about hard facts and the structures that reproduce unequal outcomes.
Voting rights must can no longer be the special interest of legacy civil rights organizations. We need an all-hands-on-deck response to this crisis.
Far too many Americans accept the premise that we are a country divided between red states and blue states.
