Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, and Professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. His most recent book is White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.

National movement: Rev. William Barber (center) speaks to media at a Moral Monday rally in Albany, New York, in 2014.

How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground 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.

Jan 15, 2016 / Feature / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement

A personal meditation for 2016.

Jan 4, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following the mass shooting there.

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

America must start rejecting the politics of fear.

Dec 15, 2015 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Charleston March for Black Lives

Justice After Charleston Justice After Charleston

If we want to honor the memory of the Emanuel martyrs, we must continue their struggle for transformative action.

Jun 24, 2015 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

How to Build a Powerful People’s Movement

How to Build a Powerful People’s Movement How to Build a Powerful People’s Movement

If we can do it in North Carolina, don’t tell me we can’t do it across America.

Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II