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WHEN we see a 75-year-old white man out in the woods with a group of Black and brown kids from low-income neighborhoods, teaching them...
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Ben Jealous
Oct 1, 20232 min
The Clean Energy Transition Must Be a Just Transition
WHEN General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford – the “Big Three” American automakers – were close to extinction 15 years ago, their workers and...
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Ben Jealous
Sep 25, 20233 min
Our Public Lands Need More Land and a More Diverse Public
ON Saturday, environmental advocate Bill Vanderberg was where he is most Saturdays during the year – leading volunteers maintaining...
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Ben Jealous
Jul 1, 20233 min
Good Jobs Will Come from a Cleaner Economy
I traveled recently from Baltimore, the city where my mother grew up, to Portland, Maine, where my dad did. It’s easy for many to see...
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Ben Jealous
Jun 19, 20233 min
Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks
THE interstates built in the 1950s and 1960s killed the vitality of the communities where people of color and the poor lived, from...
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Ben Jealous
Jun 6, 20233 min
New Fire, Familiar Injustice
A lightning strike and a small fire are all it took this weekend to remind residents in South Louisiana – across much of the Gulf Coast...
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Ben Jealous
May 30, 20233 min
Under Controlled Coal-Fired Power Plants Still Threaten Americans’ Health
TATUM is an East Texas town of about 1,300 people, closer to Shreveport than Dallas. It’s on the north shore of Martin Lake. Across the...
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Ben Jealous
May 15, 20232 min
Winning the Fights That Matter
I thought last week about the psalm that describes how the most exalted pays closest attention to the smallest, the most in need among...
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Ben Jealous
Apr 10, 20233 min
Ensuring Our Right to Invest in the Next Generation’s Future
IF a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one...
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Ben Jealous
Mar 20, 20233 min
Make Banks Make Good on Their Pledge to End Fossil Fuel Financing
CONOCOPhillips needs more than the disastrous approval it won from President Joe Biden's administration last week to proceed with its...
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Ben Jealous
Feb 2, 20233 min
Taking on the Symptom that is Gun Violence and the Disease Behind It
WE'VE had more mass shootings this year than we’ve had days this year. It’s sad to imagine that Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park will join...
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Ben Jealous
Jan 28, 20233 min
Disposing of Division, Not People and Places
AS an organizer who’s spent much of my life fighting for civil rights and access to the ballot box, I reflect on the work and words of...
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Ben Jealous
Nov 24, 20223 min
Voters Make an Important Down Payment on Democracy’s Future
A lot of good news came out of this month’s elections—and enough bad news to remind us that we can never let our guard down when freedom...
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Ben Jealous
Oct 21, 20223 min
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
By Ben Jealous LIKE so many of us right now, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. As I write this, I’ve just gotten back from meeting with Black...
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Ben Jealous
Oct 1, 20223 min
The Cruelty of Exploiting Vulnerable People for Political Advantage
THERE is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening. Take the latest exercise in lawlessness, dishonesty, and...
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Ben Jealous
Jul 10, 20223 min
Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court
DID you ever wonder whether elections really matter? Well, the Trump Supreme Court majority has answered that question for good. Or, more...
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Ben Jealous
May 8, 20223 min
Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
THINGS are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing majority on the U.S....
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Ben Jealous
Mar 19, 20223 min
Black Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas....
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