Politics
Good Trouble: RIP John Lewis
John Robert Lewis was an American politician and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020 from pancreatic cancer. He wrote this essay to be released on the day of his funeral. Get in Trouble. Good Trouble John Lewis…
Read MoreObama delivers eulogy for John Lewis, makes impassioned call for voting rights
Former President Barack Obama delivered a powerful eulogy for the late civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, and said Americans should honor his legacy by continuing to work for democracy and voting rights. “He as much as anyone in our history brought this country a little bit closer to our highest ideals,” Mr. Obama…
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