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Category: The Third Reconstruction

  • The True Heart of Public Evangelicalism

    By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove In a surprise turn of events, the exit polls at the Iowa caucuses showed a victory of 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz over Donald Trump. Pundits credit the turnout to Cruz’s advantages over Trump and the other Republican candidates—superior fund-raising and a strong campaign operation—as…

  • Reverend William J. Barber Learns the Power of Standing Together

    By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove I learned a great deal in Martinsville about moral leadership—more than I realized at the time. But I did not know what was next for me when our family moved back to North Carolina in 1991. Preaching had helped me find a voice of moral dissent,…

  • Fourteen Steps Forward Together for America’s Third Reconstruction

    By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove America’s Third Reconstruction depends on a moral movement, deeply rooted in the South, emerging state by state throughout the nation. No single leader or organization can orchestrate such a movement, but we who have seen the power of fusion organizing in North Carolina in 2014…

  • Only Black Deaths Matter: Our Nation’s Need for Pastoral Counseling

    By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II This piece was originally delivered as a sermon and appeared previously in Sojourners. During my meditation on the messages being sent out from South Carolina this week, three scriptures came to me:  Jeremiah 31:15: This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great…