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The fight for Education, Economic justice, and Voting rights, took a break to honor those who have perished on the battlefield.
They will be back, June 3, 2013
The Rev. William Barber, who’s been arrested a few times over the years himself, is credited with helping to organize and drive
the protests, which are planned for every Monday during the legislative session. Barber, head of the state NAACP, has raised
the awareness and stirred the feet and the voices of those who beg to differ with Republicans’ radical politics.
Some protesters don’t like what’s been happening to public education on the GOP watch, from budget-cutting to periodic
attacks on teachers. Others focus on the ridiculous and cruel refusal of GOP leaders to accept more people under the
Medicaid health-care program for the poor, even though the federal government would pay the cost. And then there
are those protesters who believe, rightly, that cuts in unemployment benefits, while they might please the tea party devotees
who now seem to drive the Republican agenda, are going to be hurtful to families and, by the way, to the state’s economy.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/19/4048140/heeding-moral-monday.html#storylink=misearch
They will be back, June 3, 2013
The Rev. William Barber, who’s been arrested a few times over the years himself, is credited with helping to organize and drive
the protests, which are planned for every Monday during the legislative session. Barber, head of the state NAACP, has raised
the awareness and stirred the feet and the voices of those who beg to differ with Republicans’ radical politics.
Some protesters don’t like what’s been happening to public education on the GOP watch, from budget-cutting to periodic
attacks on teachers. Others focus on the ridiculous and cruel refusal of GOP leaders to accept more people under the
Medicaid health-care program for the poor, even though the federal government would pay the cost. And then there
are those protesters who believe, rightly, that cuts in unemployment benefits, while they might please the tea party devotees
who now seem to drive the Republican agenda, are going to be hurtful to families and, by the way, to the state’s economy.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/19/4048140/heeding-moral-monday.html#storylink=misearch
