Carolina QuotesThe same forces demonizing immigrants are also attacking low-wage workers... The same politicians denying living wages are also suppressing the vote; the same people who want less of us to vote are also denying the evidence of the climate crisis and refusing to act now; the same people who are willing to destroy the Earth are willing to deny tens of millions of Americans access to health care.”
William Barber II Connected to the Carolinas
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Quoted in This prominent pastor says Christian nationalism is ‘a form of heresy’, By John Blake, CNN, January 21, 2023
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