U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California’s former Secretary of State, joined U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) as well as voting rights advocates for a press conference to reintroduce the John R. ...

It’s on us to Honor Legacy of Rep. John Lewis   By Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL), Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee & Rep. Terri Sewell (AL) When a young John Lewis led hundreds of foot soldiers in a march over Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, he and hundreds of non-violent protesters would be attacked ...

Living the Legacy, Freeing the People By Dr. Maulana Karenga The recent passing of Rev. Joseph Lowery, Rev. Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian, and Rep. John Lewis, three major leaders of the civil rights phase of the Black Freedom Movement, rightfully causes and encourages us to lift them up and to recount and reflect on the ...

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire “I am going to fight it,” read a statement from Rep. John Lewis on the evening of December 29. “I may miss a few votes during this period, but with God’s grace I will be back on the front lines soon,” he added. Lewis announced on the last week ...