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rev. william barber https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to rev. william barber en Does Biden's Inauguration Signal a 'Third Reconstruction'? https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/21/does-bidens-inauguration-signal-third-reconstruction Steny Hoyer was right, and we should thank the House Majority leader for clarifying things. In a stem-winding speech urging the second impeachment of Donald Trump, he said he keeps hearing about “the peaceful transfer of power,” but there hasn’t… Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:44:39 EST John Stoehr cc57d76e-1305-4221-8ad3-721935b24cc8 Why Real Political Power Will Not Come From a Revived Religious Left https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/02/why-real-political-power-will-not-come-revived-religious-left It is the poor and dispossessed as a class whose ethics and struggle must be centered if we are going to have a real moral revival — not the ethics of the “religious left” or of progressive Democrats. Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:40:07 EDT Nicholas Laccetti 99832863-bb16-419f-b7d6-fab5ee25e9ea The New Religious Left: A Marketing Dream or Political Reality? https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/16/new-religious-left-marketing-dream-or-political-reality The religious left movement is stuck between the universalism of its aims and the particularity of the people who constitute it. Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:22:11 EDT Daniel Schultz 958290fa-d997-4f80-a12f-2d9a1b558733 William Barber And The Religious Left Join Forces. Will It Work? https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/14/william-barber-and-religious-left-join-forces-will-it-work Tonight, Faith in Public Life, one of the major organizations in the religious left, is…well, let their email tell you: Join us Tuesday night at 8 p.m. EST for a strategy call with Rev. Jennifer Butler and Rev. Dr. William… Tue, 14 Mar 2017 06:04:36 EDT Daniel Schultz 66061943-598e-49ca-bcfa-5cc4e49d21c6 Rev. William Barber Calls Jeff Sessions Nomination A "Moral Crisis" https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/10/rev-william-barber-calls-jeff-sessions-nomination-moral-crisis Interfaith clergy group urges Senate to reject Sessions’ attorney general nomination Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:45:45 EST Peter Montgomery 28fc66d3-5104-4958-bfdf-91d3a2840de3 Rev. Barber: A "Moral Center," Not a "Religious Left," Will Save Us in 2017 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/03/rev-barber-moral-center-not-religious-left-will-save-us-2017 Is the eve of Trump era the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb? Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:47:05 EST Peter Montgomery 1cd30612-5128-4465-bbc3-b9d2e8a875b7 To Be Christian, Intellectual and Black: A Response to Vincent Lloyd https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/30/be-christian-intellectual-and-black-response-vincent-lloyd Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:00:37 EDT Joshua L. Lazard 6861ea8c-3f4c-40da-b57d-b643b881b68c Fusion Politics: A Way Forward for Bernie Sanders? https://religiondispatches.org/2016/04/21/fusion-politics-way-forward-bernie-sanders Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York made even clearer a point that has been obvious since Super Tuesday: Bernie Sanders almost certainly will not be the Democratic nominee in 2016. But that doesn’t mean he should get out of the… Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:45:36 EDT Daniel Schultz d035db6a-e10d-4ff2-8dc5-28fd5b622694 Naming White Supremacy's Fears in A Third Reconstruction https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/naming-white-supremacys-fears-third-reconstruction I’ve known Rev. Barber very well for some time now. He has given a series of talks here at Union on the Third Reconstruction, and he’s working with Union to expand the scope of his work beyond his Southern base… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 05:56:21 EST Serene Jones 1edc49ac-f052-4d3d-9bbf-656eed6de708 The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Need for a Third Reconstruction https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/better-angels-our-nature-need-third-reconstruction At a time when so much of American politics seems incited by fear and hatred, it is inspiring to read the words of Rev. William Barber, asking Americans to act in accord with what Lincoln called “the better angels of… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 04:00:58 EST Eric Foner afa61f9c-1dcf-42fc-9f0b-9050bb24dfbe A Moral Movement Where Everyone Is in For the Long Haul https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/moral-movement-where-everyone-long-haul When I mention Moral Mondays to secular friends, few have heard of it. In faith-based circles, Rev. William Barber has inspired thousands, but, at least on the surface, he hasn’t ignited a national movement. I say “on the surface” because… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 01:25:03 EST Maxine Phillips 76ab376b-937b-40e1-a5eb-81394163c86e Challenging Plantation Capitalism: Rev. Barber's Holy Cause https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/challenging-plantation-capitalism-rev-barbers-holy-cause From the very beginning of Rev. William Barber’s ministry in the state of North Carolina that we now know as Moral Mondays, he has challenged his fellow North Carolinians to remember their heritage. Not the racist myths of the Old… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:37:54 EST Tefere Gebre a21a98d7-de7e-4a0a-a664-44bf98a4660e Confronting "Dangerous Memory," Heeding the Power of the Moral Imagination https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/16/confronting-dangerous-memory-heeding-power-moral-imagination Rev. William Barber’s book, The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement, is a refreshing primer on moral movement building. We progressives tend to generate our policy prescriptions on the grounds of their… Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:21:35 EST Charlene Sinclair a2dfdd25-ea70-4e93-beec-796e809bee3d Rev. William Barber: Speaking "Truth that Empowers" https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/16/rev-william-barber-speaking-truth-empowers I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only heard of Rev. William Barber through the media, namely through his Moral Mondays movement. What I remember most was a news clip in which he… Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:19:42 EST Joshua L. Lazard 0c447a6d-d136-4851-bc3a-ce2b45146fe0 "Fusion Politics" Is the Only Cure to America's Plutocracy https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/16/fusion-politics-only-cure-americas-plutocracy Rev. William Barber’s conversation with Peter Laarman, here in RD, underscores an important strategic lesson for those of us who seek to be justice-makers—we cannot do this work from ahistorical and amoral perches and expect a new day to dawn… Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:15:48 EST Emilie M. Townes ee112a3a-8221-4a14-bfa7-09f7b1f01e54 Moral Mondays: The Battle For Justice Cannot Be Waged Only in the Courts https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/15/moral-mondays-battle-justice-cannot-be-waged-only-courts On a warm day in July 2013, I found myself on the wrong end of a canceled flight out of RDU Airport. I used the opportunity to travel into downtown Raleigh to observe one of the early Moral Monday rallies… Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:41:35 EST Kareem Crayton 3d67e2b7-c07d-4204-9582-d06a93d91b7f Rev. William Barber: Jazzman for Justice https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/14/rev-william-barber-jazzman-justice Rev. William Barber’s faith grows out of the Cane Ridge Revival of 1801, part of the Second Great Awakening. In his new book, Barber notes that the descendants of that revival were active participants in the post-Reconstruction Fusion Party, in… Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:56:37 EST Peter Heltzel 12968aa6-a298-44a7-b713-3bf8f4c1c060 A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/14/third-reconstruction-rev-william-barber-lifts-trumpet Chances are you have heard something about the Rev. William Barber II. He is the giant of a man (in more senses than one) who launched the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina in 2013—a movement that has since spread… Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:00:37 EST Peter Laarman 4b874d6a-3cd2-427f-b61d-eccd7d58730a