Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Election 2016 August 17, 2016
The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action
In North Carolina, we have heard this before, and lived through the bloody consequences of white terrorist rhetoric.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Social Justice August 12, 2016
‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy
Our moral movement is spreading out from North Carolina, one powerful gathering at a time.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Guns and Gun Control June 13, 2016
Hate Must Not Have the First, Last, or Loudest Word
We cannot allow those who would profit off our pain to cause us to hate.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Transgender Rights May 23, 2016
The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Is an Old Ploy That Can’t Stop Our New Movement
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his allies are bringing back sex-panic tactics that Jesse Helms perfected decades ago.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Election 2016 March 12, 2016
It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt
The Southern strategy created an us-against-them politics with a perverse idea of morality.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Election 2016 February 22, 2016
A Moral Movement to Hold All Candidates Accountable
Whether it’s Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, only a moral movement bound by fusion politics can hold the next president accountable to the people.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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Activism February 9, 2016
The Misdiagnosis of Terrorism
The real violence threatening America is that of our immoral public policy choices, at home and abroad.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Activism January 15, 2016
How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground
In the South, we’re building a broad, new movement rooted in right and wrong, not left and right.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Activism January 4, 2016
Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement
A personal meditation for 2016.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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December 15, 2015
How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?
America must start rejecting the politics of fear.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove