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<title><![CDATA[Ben Jealous - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/43601.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ben Jealous]]></description><category domain="43601">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Buffalo Shooting Puts Spotlight on GOP Rhetoric]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/05/16/buffalo-shooting-critical-race-theory/9786927002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[White supremacist ideology is dangerously alive in young Americans. The fight against teaching about racism is telling kids they don't need to care.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jackson Will Bring Moral Clarity to SCOTUS]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-will-bring-moral-clarity-scotus-opinion-1691114</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We need Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's experience, wisdom and moral clarity on our highest court.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Black Woman Is Made for This Moment on High Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/01/27/biden-supreme-court-needs-black-woman-justice-breyer/9228204002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice Thurgood Marshall took his seat on the court at the height of the civil rights movement. Now is the time for a Black woman to take her seat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Setbacks, the Fight for Voting Rights Is Far From Over]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/590801-despite-senate-setbacks-the-fight-for-voting-rights-is-far-from-over</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the success of the Republicans' filibuster may have marked the end of the legislative road for the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in this Congress, it will not be the end of the story.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Recall a Disaster for Democratic Values]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/california-recall-election-is-disaster-for-democratic-values-threatens-nation/ar-AAOgbIA</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recall process has always been deeply flawed. The very idea that a sitting governor could receive'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 49% of the vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and still be replaced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by a candidate receiving a significantly smaller percentage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of the vote is mind-boggling.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But in an era of voter apathy and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Time for Biden to Lead on Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/filibuster-voting-rights-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He must use his power and influence to get voting rights laws to his desk. And that means working with senators to prevent the filibuster from standing in their way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right's War on History and Truth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/systemic-racism-education/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States may be on the verge of an even greater historical cover-up than that of the Tulsa massacre.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Law Enforcement Change Must Come From Bottom Up]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/550092-for-true-law-enforcement-accountability-change-must-come-from-the-bottom</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hearing the words '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Guilty.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Guilty'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';'. Guilty'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Derek Chauvin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s murder trial'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' brought millions of Americans a feeling of relief. But that relief was incomplete.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Senate to Pass the 'For the People Act']]></title>
							<link>https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0416-crw-jealous-for-people-act-20210415-szpcwxi5brcdhjuuvc2hthldwq-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[End the fearmongering and misinformation about this bill, which will give more Americans more opportunity to participate in our democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Chauvin Trial Continues, U.S. Must Reinvent Public Safety]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/547662-as-the-chauvin-trial-continues-the-us-must-reimagine-and-reinvent-public</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Activists and public officials have been talking with law enforcement, community leaders and scholars to move beyond protests and develop new policies to make policing more just and accountable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democracy Is Not Exclusive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ben-jealous-democracy-hr1/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The For the People Act works to fulfill the democratic promise of the United States. Those who seek to thwart it do not actually want a democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latino Voters Are Helping Turn Georgia Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2020/12/26/s-se-puede-latino-voters-are-helping-turn-georgia-blue--and-could-swing-the-runoff/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Georgia and Arizona are very different states '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but grassroots organizing has turned the tide in both of them]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Election Chaos: Keep Calm, Keep Counting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/04/election-chaos-stay-calm-keep-counting-votes-column/6139444002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Jealous</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With too few results from the election to name a winner, just stay calm in the chaos and continue to fight against voter suppression.]]></description>
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