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Urging Congress to Support Medicare for All, Groups Declare Universal Healthcare 'A Racial Justice Necessity'

Citing Harm to Public Education, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on For-Profit Charter Schools

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Charter schools are led by unaccountable, private bodies, and their growth has drained funding from the public school system."

Civil Rights Group Says Senate Report on Election Interference Shows Russia 'Taking a Page Out of the US Voter Suppression Playbook'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks at Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during the family photo at the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November, 30,2018.

New revelations further boost call to #LogOutFacebook

The Sanders Institute's Gathering Was About Saving the World, But It Was Not About Bernie Sanders

Julia Conley, Jake Johnson, and Jon Queally

It was a small conference with big ideas and a deep sense of urgency. "We need...

'Our Democracy Is Sick': Progressive Groups Join Forces to End Corporate Sabotage of the Common Good

284 Members of Congress Just Got an 'F' on Their Civil Rights Report Card

While Appearing to Struggle With National Anthem, Analysis Shows Trump Speaks at, Like, Fourth Grade Level

Citing Trump's 'Racially Hostile' Record, Critics Say He Shouldn't Attend Civil Rights Museum's Grand Opening

'Message Loud and Clear' Says NAACP After Latest Trump Snub

Rev. William Barber Says GOP Voter Suppression the 'Real Hacking' of US Democracy

Former NAACP Head Ben Jealous Enters MD Governor's Race Campaigning for Economic and Social Justice

Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner, NAACP Demand Workers' Rights in Mississippi

Harnessing 'Power of the Purse to Demonstrate Power of Democracy,' NAACP Calls for N.C. Boycott

Puzder Opponents Demand Trump Drop 'Most Anti-Worker Labor Nominee Ever'

'Sessions Watch' Begins as Chorus Promises to Hold AG Accountable

NAACP Sit-In at Sen. Sessions' Office Puts AG Pick's Worrisome History in Crosshairs

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We, The Heart of Our Democracy

If you just couldn't watch Hillary - and we get it - you might have missed the electrifying call by Rev. William Barber, head of North Carolina's NAACP and leader of its Moral Mondays, to embrace "a moral revolution of values" and continue fighting for progressive causes. Citing Jesus, "a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew" - and only briefly referencing Clinton - Barber proclaimed, "We must shock this nation with the power of love. We must shock this nation with the power of mercy."