By RO Kwon — 2017
The black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social media.
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After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final—and most radical—campaign.
Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.
Yes, we must radically transform policing in America. But we cannot stop there. We must transform the pervasive systems of economic and carceral injustice that are choking our common life.
“This moment requires us to push into the national consciousness, but not from the top down, but from the bottom up.”
Why Rev. William Barber thinks we need a moral revolution.
The nation’s problem isn’t that we don’t have enough money. It’s that we don’t have the moral capacity to face what ails society.