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JEALOUS: Book Bans Are an Attack on the Freedom to Read, Teach and Learn

by Ben Jealous September 21, 2022September 22, 2022

Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom to learn.

JEALOUS: Accountability — An Insurrectionist Removed from Office

by Ben Jealous September 14, 2022September 15, 2022

**FILE** Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Gage Skidmore)

JEALOUS: Back to School, Back to Fighting Far-Right Attacks on Education

by Ben Jealous August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

Senate President Pro Tem Melony Griffith (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro speaks during a March 29 debate on the chamber floor at the State House in Annapolis over the state's new congressional redistricting map, which the Senate later approved. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: Redistricting is Voter Suppression, Too

by Ben Jealous August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

**FILE** President Joe Biden (Photo by Mark Mahoney)

JEALOUS: D.C. Delivers Some Good News — Yes, Really

by Ben Jealous August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Abortion rights rally at the Supreme Court, Jackson Women's Health v. Dobbs. Photo credit: Shala W. Graham

JEALOUS: With Extremism on the Rise in Republican Party, Kansas Voters Turn Out to Preserve Abortion Rights

by Ben Jealous August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

**FILE** Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

JEALOUS: The Power of the Truth

by Ben Jealous August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

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JEALOUS: Protect the Freedom to Marry

by Ben Jealous July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

A hologram of the late George Floyd shines at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue, where hundreds of people joined Floyd's family for the unveiling. the memorial project, sponsored by Change.org and the George Floyd Foundation, will be on display in Richmond through Aug. 6, 2020. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press via Trice Edney News Wire)

JEALOUS: His Name is George Floyd

by Ben Jealous July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Demonstrators converge outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on June 24 after it was announced that the court overturned Roe v. Wade. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court

by Ben Jealous July 6, 2022July 6, 2022