by Peggy Hiemer | Mar 18, 2022 | Civil Rights, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
Originally reported by MSNBC News – 03-18-22 Civil rights lawyer Barbara Arnwine lays out the case for confirming Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court and criticizes some Senate Republicans’ initial response to Biden’s historic nomination in this...
by Peggy Hiemer | Mar 12, 2022 | Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter, Voting Rights
Originally reported by www.facingsouth.org / Written by By Makaelah Walters, March 11, 2022 Thousands of people gathered in Alabama from March 3-6 to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the historic 1965 march from Selma to the capital of Montgomery for voting rights....
by Peggy Hiemer | Feb 14, 2022 | Ahmaud Arbery, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
Originally reported by The New York Times By Tariro Mzezewa, Audra D. S. Burch and Richard Fausset Feb. 14, 2022 The three white men are facing federal hate crime charges in Mr. Arbery’s death. In opening arguments, their lawyers said that they were motivated by...
by Peggy Hiemer | Feb 1, 2022 | Black History, Transformer newsletter
For the 4th year in a row, the Transformative Justice Coalition and the Voting Rights Alliance, in honor of Black History Month, are publishing a daily special series devoted to sharing the legacies and stories of the sheroes, heroes, and events in the fight for Black...
by Peggy Hiemer | Jan 17, 2022 | Civil Rights, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
Originally reported the Capital Gazette By Barbara R. Arnwine and Daryl D. Jones Capital Gazette Jan 17, 2022 at 5:00 am Joe Heller cartoon for the Capital Gazette Today we pause to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to interpret his words calling upon...
by Peggy Hiemer | Jan 16, 2022 | Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
This weekend we pause to honor the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to interpret his words calling upon America to see the content of the character before judging anyone’s person. On Feb. 23, 2020, a 25-year-old African-American man lay dead in the...
