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Founder Norman Lear at 99: Protect Voting Rights Now Op-Ed 07/29/2021 by Norman Lear On July 27, our People For founder Norman Lear celebrated his 99 th birthday. And he made it clear what was on his mind on that day in a moving op-ed in The Washington …

Whitewashing History and Suppressing Voters Go Hand in Hand Op-Ed 07/26/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . There’s been a lot of news about the Democratic legislators in Texas who fled the state to prevent Republicans …

Dolores Huerta: Time Is Running Out to Defend Voting Rights Op-Ed 07/25/2021 by People For Staff In an op-ed for the Monterey Herald, labor leader, civil rights icon and People For board member Dolores Huerta sounds a warning: time is running out to …

Prof. Mary Frances Berry in The Philadelphia Inquirer: Honor John Lewis. Pass the For the People Act. Op-Ed 07/21/2021 by People For Staff The one-year anniversary of the death of civil rights icon John Lewis prompts a deeper examination of our nation’s …

People For President Ben Jealous in The Hill on Lewis Anniversary Op-Ed 07/20/2021 by Ben Jealous One year after the passing of Rep. John Lewis, who spent his life and career fighting for voting rights, a recent raft of voter suppression legislation in …

Texas Democrats Are Getting into ‘Good Trouble’ Op-Ed 07/16/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . One year after the death of the great civil rights icon John Lewis, a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers is following …

The Insurrection and the Lost Cause Op-Ed 07/02/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and …

New Hope on Shelby Anniversary Op-Ed 06/25/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority prevailed in a case that undermined one of the crowning achievements of the …

Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics Op-Ed 06/21/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to …

THE NATION: The Right’s War on History and Truth Op-Ed 06/15/2021 by Ben Jealous This op-ed by People For the American Way President Ben Jealous was published in The Nation on June 15, 2021. History is contested because the telling of history is powerful. …