In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Winter Soldier - @Sojourner

Last Thursday, January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 97 years old. American history is a history of social change pushed up from below by mass movements of committed citizens. Abolitionists. Suffragettes. Labor organizers. Civil Rights workers. Environmentalists. Liberated women, proud gays and courageous immigrants. Yet of all our many public holidays, only one honors that kind of social-justice warrior — Martin Luther King, Jr.Day celebrated on Monday, January 19.

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Reece Hart
Truth, Reality, and the Piercing of White Privilege

The callous killing of Renee Nicole Good has pierced the illusory protective gear of white privilege, particularly for white women. Underneath outrage and grief is a new reality that will eventually need to be examined and may be difficult to accept. Tragic events have a way of shaking things up. Is a change in the collective consciousness in the air? Will it manifest positive and necessary change/s in 2026?

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Explaining Regulatory Comment to Oppose the MAGA Regime's Offshore Oil Drilling Expansion.

In addition to legislative, policy, financial, and law-enforcement attacks on our democracy, the MAGA Regime is engaged in a systematic campaign to gut or entirely eliminate environmental, health, anti-discrimination, safety, labor, and other hard-won regulations and policies. Each time they attack a rule, they must provide an online public-comment period that "We the People," can use to express our opposition.  This time, we need to comment on their offshore oil drilling expansion

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