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Protecting A Way Of Life And The Planet
Monday, 11 September 2023, 1:36 pm | Ben Jealous
The Sacred Place Where Life Begins. That’s what the Gwich’in people call the coastal plain of Alaska where they live. The Porcupine Caribou on who the Gwich’in have relied for tens of thousands of years for their subsistence way of life migrate ... More >>
A Deep South Governor’s Race To Watch In US
Monday, 3 July 2023, 6:07 am | Ben Jealous
A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political speculation. Kentucky’s popular Democratic incumbent may have a tough race, and chalking up Louisiana and ... More >>
Addressing The Real Need In Real Time
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 10:36 am | Ben Jealous
As someone who’s been organizing since I was a teenager, I can tell you that it’s hard to get people to focus on two things at once. Pick a real need and work on it in real time – that’s the way to win people over. We saw this play out when President ... More >>
Justice Tech: Making Jails and Prisons Work
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 1:10 pm | Ben Jealous
President Obama's impassioned call for criminal justice reform at last week's NAACP national convention was the latest sign that bipartisan criminal justice reform is on the way. In the midst of this movement is another, untold story about an army ... More >>
The Power of Our Shared Vision and Partnership
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 12:45 pm | Ben Jealous
Two decades ago, as a young organizer in Mississippi, I learned that there are only two types of temporal power: organized people and organized money. I also learned that in a democracy, the people can win every time - but only if we are organized. More >>
Time for a Dignified Minimum Wage
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 5:22 pm | Ben Jealous
This summer, minimum wage workers in California abandoned their posts at fast food restaurants and retail stores for spots on the picket line. They joined workers in cities across the country to demand an increase in the minimum wage. More >>
Gloucester's Rebellion: Another Lesson About Our Character
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 12:10 pm | Ben Jealous
Three hundred years before a multiracial coalition stormed Washington's National Mall to demand equal rights and economic justice, the working men of Gloucester County, Va., made a stand of their own based on class, not race. More >>
'Stop and Frisk' - Unconstitutional Racial Profiling
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 10:22 am | Ben Jealous
"No one should live in fear of being stopped whenever he leaves his home to go about the activities of daily life." Those words came from U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin in her fiery 195-page ruling on the NYPD's "stop-and-frisk" program. More >>
Trayvon Martin: Department of Justice Petition
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 10:57 am | Ben Jealous
As of Tuesday morning, one million people have signed an NAACP petition asking the Department of Justice to pursue federal and civil rights charges against George Zimmerman after he was founded not guilty in the murder of Trayvon Martin. More >>
This is the Moment for Action on Climate Change
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 11:02 am | Ben Jealous
President Obama kicked off the summer with a high-profile environmental speech at Georgetown University. He put forth a plan to limit carbon emissions for coal-fired power plants, and called for America to double renewable energy sources. More >>
NAACP - We Must Build Our Greatest Strength: Diversity
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 11:18 am | Ben Jealous
"For a country regarded as the paramount leader in a multicultural world, the United States has yet to embrace its own diversity; continuing failure to do so will have profound consequences for governance." More >>
NBA: What Happens to the Undrafted?
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 10:52 am | Ben Jealous
In 2011, 17,500 college basketball players were registered with the National Collegiate Athletic Association. That year, 48 college players were drafted by NBA teams. What happens to the undrafted? More >>
NAACP: No Second Class Families
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 12:25 pm | Ben Jealous
African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions. More >>
A Year Later, Trayvon Martin Tragedy Still Stings
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 11:32 am | Ben Jealous
One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings - and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparing Trayvon Martin to De'Marquis Elkins, 17-year-old black teenager ... More >>
