Today marks 62 years since James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared near Philadelphia, Mississippi, while doing the dangerous work of Freedom Summer: voter registration, education, and civil rights.
They had gone to see the burned remains of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where members of the Ku Klux Klan had beaten worshipers days earlier. After being arrested and released that night, they were kidnapped and killed by members of the Klan. Their bodies were found weeks later.
Their lives were taken because they believed democracy should include Black people, because they believed voting rights were worth risking their safety for, and because they understood that justice requires courage.
As we honor them, we must also recommit to protecting the right to vote, confronting hate, and continuing the work of freedom with disciplined love and nonviolence.
#JamesChaney #AndrewGoodman #MichaelSchwerner #MLK #FreedomSummer
A record number of Kansas Democrats have filed to run for the Kansas House in 2026, with Democratic candidates competing in 103 unique districts across the state, the caucus’s broadest House recruitment effort in more than 30 years! #ksleg 🌊👀🗳️
Let’s get to work!
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
To any fellow Democrats out there, I'm in Kansas these days and helping a great candidate - Don Coover - run to flip a red House seat. He's a good person with great background. Learn more and contribute a few bucks during your NYE fun here. Thank you >> https://t.co/eB5hGSp1Dh
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"We’re demoting the horse race and elevating constituent interests."
That's the headline on today's announcement from the editor of Colorado Newsline, Quentin Young.
https://t.co/Uvl8DozpUW
His newsroom is officially putting "not the odds, but the stakes" into practice. 2/
I spoke with my friend President Zelenskyy today to wish him and the people of Ukraine a happy Independence Day.
May today be a reminder that the forces of darkness and dominion will never extinguish the flame of liberty that lives in the heart of free people everywhere.