voting rights
William Barber on recruiting low-wage voters, Biden’s record on poverty
By Kathryn Post — January 19, 2024
(RNS) — 'If you leave this many people in poverty and low wealth, you open up the door for demagogues and people who will use people’s fears and hurts against them,' said the Rev. William Barber.
We can’t take democracy for granted
By Simran Jeet Singh — December 14, 2023
(RNS) — Racial and religious minorities depend upon the values of pluralism and the rule of law for our rights to be protected.
Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities
By Adelle M. Banks — December 14, 2023
(RNS) — ‘There are so many pressing issues, from the future of COVID-19 and mental health to gun violence and voting rights, that must be addressed,’ said CNBC Chairman W. Franklyn Richardson.
An online assembly attempts to correct March on Washington gender gap
By Yonat Shimron — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — None of the speeches at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom were delivered by women. The “She Speaks” online assembly is intended to lift up the voices of women fighting for racial justice.
For some Black faith leaders, Ohio’s Issue 1 is bigger than abortion
By Kathryn Post — August 8, 2023
CLEVELAND (RNS) — ‘I think our faith community is waking up to the fact that there are various attacks on our voting rights and our ability to let our voices be heard,’ said Lesley Jones, a Cincinnati-based pastor and organizer.
The first woman to head Unitarian Universalists ends term full of historic turns
By Kathryn Post — June 21, 2023
(RNS) — President Susan Frederick-Gray has led the denomination throughout a pandemic, insurrection, racial reckoning and the fall of Roe v. Wade.
In honor of Dr. King, demand our elected officials expand voting access
By Nick Bates — January 16, 2023
(RNS) — We must pray, organize and lift our voices to guarantee all votes are counted, all votes are treated equally and all voters have access to the ballot box.
With Warnock’s win, Democrats eye faith as a pathway to victory in the South
By Jack Jenkins — December 9, 2022
(RNS) — Once a faith-based activist arrested for protesting in the US Capitol, Warnock stands to elevate the various causes of the religious left — especially voting rights.
Whoever wins in Georgia, democracy already won the midterms
By Bridget Moix — December 1, 2022
(RNS) — We ignore the victory of the peaceful and orderly elections at our own peril.
Vote like your life — and everyone else’s — depends on it
By Tarunjit Singh Butalia — November 4, 2022
(RNS) — We all have a chance to do our part.
Defending our sacred right to vote
By Barbara Williams-Skinner, Jim Wallis, and Adam Taylor — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Why we are mobilizing 2,000 poll chaplains to serve as visions of peace and a moral presence at the polls.
Poor People’s Campaign asks Congress to vote on wages, voting rights before midterms
By Adelle M. Banks — September 28, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The letters were the latest plea for policy change by the movement modeled after the original Poor People’s Campaign started by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Progressive National Baptists, AFL-CIO reunite for midterms voter initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — August 11, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We want to make that connection between the two and we want these two entities to feel comfortable again as they did in the ’60s,’ a Baptist leader said.
Raphael Warnock says his Senate colleagues sometimes ask, ‘Rev, pray for me’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I enjoyed being a pastor, and, in my heart, that’s who I am essentially — not only a pastor but the son of two pastors.’
Whose vote counts? Whose doesn’t?
By Bridget Moix — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — The push for voting rights is a moral imperative and requires the urgent passage of nationwide voting rights legislation.
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