5.04 legislative and electoral issues

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The failure to achieve justice and accountability for many recent and past crimes has fostered a climate of impunity in Timor-Leste.

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Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.

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In Mississippi, African American political leaders and immigrant organizers favor a different calculation: Blacks plus immigrants plus unions equals power.

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The rich are getting richer, the middle class and poor are struggling to make ends meet, and the racial wealth divide continues to keep race a mark of division in the United States.

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While King's vision for winning economic rights was cut tragically short, 40 years later his call to action is undeniable.

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We need to remember that the dream was not just Dr. King's, but belongs to the many, many people who gave their time, their energy -- even their lives -- to achieve this powerful vision.

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"You're gay and I'm straight, so let's call it a Gay-Straight Alliance."

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!