By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, August 28 2013
You know the sound bites from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. But have you actually seen the whole thing? Watch: The speech was delivered 50 years ago today — August 28, 1963 — as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It gave a powerful boost to […]
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, August 27 2013
MoveOn members joined Americans Against Fracking—and actress and activist Daryl Hannah—at the White House to deliver 650,000 public comments to the Bureau of Land Management demanding a ban on fracking on public and Native American lands.
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Climate
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, August 27 2013
After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, 1.7 million MoveOn members and NAACP supporters called on the Department of Justice to bring federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, August 24 2013
We Act Radio and Ben Wikler’s Flaming Sword of Justice radio show have partnered to provide live video coverage of the March on Washington taking place today, Saturday, August 24, 2013. Watch live:
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, August 23 2013
Americans are speaking with a unified voice: no fracking on public lands, or anywhere else.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, August 22 2013
A piece of cake and some polite conversation with one of your constituents is “ridiculous?”
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, August 22 2013
When the Tribune Company went up for sale, it was widely reported that the Koch brothers were interested in acquiring its newspapers—including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. The billionaire Kochs and their tea party politics presented a clear threat to independent journalism, so several organizations, including Forecast the Facts, Courage Campaign, Working Families started MoveOn Petitions asking Tribune Company CEO Peter Liguori not to sell to the Koch brothers.
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, August 19 2013
If something is totally harmless, why would a company put a gag order on some little kids about it?
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Climate
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, August 16 2013
She didn’t put up with it then and she’s not going to sit by now.
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Civil Rights | Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, August 15 2013
Comprehensive immigration reform is currently stalled in Congress, MoveOn members join America’s Voice, 18MillionRising, We Belong Together, CREDO Action, and MomsRising.org in urging congress to introduce the bipartisan Senate bill and push for a discharge petition to pass comprehensive immigration reform this fall, after the August recess. Dear members of Congress, On behalf of […]
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