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Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections
OpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 9, 2018

The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. Characteristically, a centerpiece of his approach is to use race as a weapon to divide and distract us.

Face the Truth About Lynchings to Move Our Country Forward
OpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

Face the Truth About Lynchings to Move Our Country Forward

Rev. Jesse JacksonMay 3, 2018

The reckoning that began with the Civil Rights Movement has continued; the memorial is a testament to that. People of good will want the healing to continue. The vibrancy and prosperity of the New South requires that the healing continue. But to heal wounds, you have to take the shrapnel out first. To move to reconciliation, you must start with the truth. 

Confederate monuments removed overnight in Baltimore
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Confederate monuments removed overnight in Baltimore

JULIET LINDERMAN Associated PressAugust 24, 2017

Confederate monuments in Baltimore were quietly removed and hauled away on trucks in darkness early Wednesday, days after a violent white nationalist rally in Virginia that was sparked by plans to take down a similar statue there.