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Charleston Shooting

Progressivism in the Bible Belt: Bernie Sanders Visits the Deep South

August 26, 2015 by Brittany Braddock Leave a Comment
Bernie Sanders drawing by Daniel Bein

  Last week presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders visited several Southern states on a mission to see what promotes policy for lawmakers in the region and to take the temperature of Southern Democratic voters at a number of rallies in South Carolina, the first state in the South to vote in presidential election … [Read more…]

Posted in: News Feed, Politics, Staff Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Black Voters, Charleston Shooting, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Election 2016, South Carolina, Symone Sanders

The Art and Obligation of the Protest

July 13, 2015 by Betty Ford Leave a Comment

    As news of the tragedy of the Charleston massacre spread to the rest of the world, I was overseas traveling in London. When the general sentiment on my social networks turned from sadness and anger to talk of protest about the Confederate flag on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, I was disappointed to … [Read more…]

Posted in: History, News Feed Tagged: activism, Charleston Shooting, community engagement, Confederate flag, Defy Tory Rule, England, London Protest, Peaceful Protest, protest signs, South Carolina, St. Paul's Cathedral