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For Young Progressives, All Politics are Local
While national politics are important on a macro level, it is actually the city/county council, school board, or generally assembly that can make or break the quality of life for the average American. -AGF Blog
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Will the Real LBJ Please Stand Up?
It was gripping to witness Mr. Cranston capture Lyndon Johnson’s persona, mannerisms and infamous arm-twisting bravado. -AGF Blog
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Black History Month: Opportunity to Reset the Button on Race in America
Maybe, we should set the pause switch and push the “reset” button back to 1964, and try to rise above the racial animus that seems so prevalent today. -AGF Blog
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The New Voting Rights Movement
In the Jewish community, nearly all of us know someone or know of someone in our community who has been in or is still in this fight. -AGF Blog
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Freedom, Corporate Power and the TPP
The TPP, which has been negotiated in secret by over 600 corporations from the US and 11 Pacific Rim Nations, would impact nearly every aspect of our lives. -AGF BLog
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Shirley Chisholm, Trailblazer
We must never forget what courage it took to mount these campaigns. -AGF Blog
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Behind the Scenes of Freedom Summer
I was 17 years old when my brother Andy went to Mississippi as part of Freedom Summer 1964. -AGF Blog
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Bringing Election Day into the Futurer
It is now 2014, and voter disenfranchisement should be a thing of the past. -AGF Blog
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Why ForwardFreedom on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer?
This year and next year mark the 50th Anniversary of events that led to social justice changes in 1964-1965, transforming the American landscape. -AGF Blog
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Blacks and Jews in America: Fifty Years Later
Fifty years later, a faith-based partnership of Blacks and Jews laboring side by side as Dr. King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched. -Huffington Post
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