This week marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Jonathan Daniels, Episcopalian seminarian, civil rights activist, witness and martyr after he took the shotgun blast from an Alabama racist meant for black teenager Ruby Sales. An "ordinary man who saw great evil and responded with love," Daniels was 26. Today, Sales upholds his memory and mission as theologian and advocate. "I didn’t carry his death as a burden of guilt or as a weight," she says. "I carried it as a commitment."
"This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard."
"Once again it took a court order to force Republicans to respect WI voters."
"This is the hard work of democracy."
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