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Biden Offers Diverse Judicial Nominees Op-Ed 04/15/2021 This op-ed was distributed by  Trice Edney Newswire . People who care about equal justice under the law should be very happy about President Biden’s first set of judicial nominees. I am especially …

THE HILL: As the Chauvin Trial Continues, the US Must Reinvent Public Safety Op-Ed 04/12/2021 This op-ed by People For the American Way President Ben Jealous was published in The Hill on April 12, 2021. On the third day of Minneapolis police officer  …

Justice is on Trial in the George Floyd Murder Case Op-Ed 04/08/2021 This op-ed was distributed by  Trice Edney Newswire . The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, 10 months after George Floyd died in the street with …

Speaking Out for Women of Color Nominees Op-Ed 04/05/2021 by Mary Frances Berry The op-ed below originally appeared in OtherWords and various other publications. Women know that our progress is often characterized by two steps forward, one step back. For …

Why the Aptly Named For the People Act Deserves Senate Support Op-Ed 03/31/2021 by Laurie Kinney In an op-ed for the right-leaning Washington Times, People For President Ben Jealous makes a strong argument about S. 1/the For the People Act that the …

Racism And Its Deadly Cousins Op-Ed 03/31/2021 This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . What does it say about our country when we don’t have time to absorb the impact of one mass shooting before news of the next one comes across our phones …

Biden and Senate Must Promptly Fill Vacancies on Key Appellate Courts Op-Ed 03/25/2021 by Elliot Mincberg Although former President Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate did tremendous damage to people’s rights by appointing 54 judges to the powerful …

Black Farmers And COVID Relief Op-Ed 03/23/2021 This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire . If you ever begin to doubt that elections matter, think about Black farmers. The new COVID relief law takes significant steps to address decades of …

Women’s History Month Is the Right Time to Raise the Minimum Wage Op-Ed 03/12/2021 This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It is time for a maximum push for a new minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has not budged for more than a decade. …

Right Wing Watch: The Week’s Weirdest Moments on the Extreme Right Op-Ed 03/12/2021 by Adele M. Stan This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire.  Mind-controlling mosquitos, gaslighting the Capitol insurrection, “Incitement to Ruin”   Scratching …