News | Politics & Elections Corporations Donated $164,000 to Anti-Voting Rights Senators Despite Pledges Corporations like Target, Facebook and Amazon have given tens of thousands to Senate Republicans this year alone. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Racial Justice John Lewis Voting Rights Bill Passes House With Zero Republican Votes If made into law, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act could help stem the tide of GOP voter suppression laws. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Trump Dismisses John Lewis’s Legacy Saying, “He Didn’t Come to My Inauguration” Trump also reduced Lewis's role in the civil rights movement, saying there were "many others" who took part besides him. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 4, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Bill Clinton Used John Lewis’s Funeral to Disparage the Black Freedom Struggle Who is Bill Clinton to weigh in on whether or not civil rights organizer Kwame Ture went "too far"? By Barbara Ransby , Truthout July 31, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Barack Obama: End the Filibuster to Restore Voting Rights Act In his eulogy for John Lewis, the former president called to honor his legacy by expanding voting rights. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 31, 2020 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia Renamed to Honor John Lewis Renaming the school to honor Lewis "will serve as an inspiration to our students," one board member said. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 24, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice “I Felt Like I Was Going to Die”: The Late John Lewis on Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” Lewis helped lead the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, when he was almost beaten to death by police. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice To Honor John Lewis, Democrats Demand McConnell Stop Blocking Voting Rights Act Efforts in Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act have stalled, while some suggest the bill be renamed after Lewis. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 20, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back Georgia Congressman John Lewis talks about what changed, and didn't, because of the movement he helped to lead 50 years ago. By Nikole Hannah-Jones , ProPublica August 20, 2014 Truthout
News | Human Rights John Lewis Marches On Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America? By Bill Moyers , Moyers&Co. September 2, 2013 Truthout