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This story is part of a new CBSN series focused on voting rights called America s Right to Vote. See the previous episode here.Voters like Dontay Phillips are among the most prized of this election cycle. A recent graduate of a historically Black college, Phillips is part of what s become known as the Rising American Electorate, made up of young voters, people of color, and unmar stanley canada ried women. Combined, these three groups account for 53% of Americans who voted in 2016. And in 2020, turnout among this group could be even higher mdash; if campaigns succeed in engaging them. A lot of us have this kind of like woke mentality, where we re paying a lot more attention to the issues around us. If you really want young people to vote, you re going to have to talk about things that they re interested in, said Phillips, who plans to vote by mail in Utah. With the incredible energy and commitment to our democracy coming out of the George Floyd protests, we re seeing increased interest in voting and increased interest in learning how to participate in our democracy, says Tom Lopach, the president and CEO of the non-partisan Voter Participation Center, an organization helping to register and mobilize this group of voters during the pa stanley tumbler ndemic. We are living stanley deutschland in a moment. More than ever, where Americans are seeing the direct connection between their lives, their challenges, their opportunities and how government serves them. But that doesn t mean th Qszl Senator Chris Murphy skeptical gun reform talks with White House will bear fruit
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, presidential candidate Barack Obama s controversial former pastor, has canceled plans stanley cup to speak at three services at a Houston church on Sunday, the church s pastor said.The Rev. Marcus Cosby, pastor at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, told Houston television station KTRK and the Houston Chronicle that safety concerns had prompted Wright s decision.Cosby told the Chronicle that Wright cited three reasons for canceling: the safety of the institution to which he has been invited; the safety of his family, which has been placed in harm s way; and for his own safety. Wright also canceled his appearance Tuesday in Florida at a Tampa-area church. The hosting church said it asked Wright to cancel his scheduled three-day appearance because of security questions.Wright had been expected to be in North Texas over the weekend to be honor stanley cup ed by the Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, but it was unclear whether he would still be attending. His schedule is pending, Joan Harrell, minister of communications for Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Wright was pastor for nearly four decades, told The Dallas Morning News for its Tuesday online editions. The newspaper said that she wouldn t elaborate.Harrell didn t immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press on Wednesday.Videos of remarks Wrig stanley cup ht has made have been circulating widely on the Internet and news programs. Wright s sermons to his predom |
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