The common good is the alternative to Anti-Democracy Extremism
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News & Press
WSFA 12 News – 65 years later, Freedom Ride re-created with stop in Selma
65 years later, the journey from the nation’s capital to Louisiana is being re-created. On Tuesday, the ride stopped in Selma, with Freedom Riders, family members and the local community all in attendance. Read Full Article
WSFA 12 News – Bus tour marks 65th anniversary of Freedom Riders
Video from the Selma stop. Watch the Report
WAKA 8 – The Ride bus tour stops in Selma to mark historic Freedom Rides
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Ride bus tour made a stop in the Selma today — marking the 65th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. The event is also an effort to fire-up area voters ahead of the upcoming mid-term election. Organizers hosted a voter rally — that...
NPR – A group of former Freedom Riders is encouraging young voters in the South
A group of 1961 Freedom Riders is encouraging young people to vote across the South. Organizers stopped at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in time for election season. Read Full Article
Recent Emails
A MAGA voter said he couldn’t do it anymore
Here's what I told The Telegraph. Friends, Last week, on the Virginia State University campus in Petersburg, a reporter from The Telegraph asked me what I believe about Donald Trump. I told her that I find him to be a moral void. And I really mean...
Hank Thomas didn’t stop. Neither can we
We have a week and a bus. Friends, Sixty-five years later, Hank Thomas, a national hero and original Freedom Rider, got back on The Ride. We are so incredibly honored and...
Our plan for the next 11 days
We're giving this everything we have. Friends, The Ride has been an incredible experience so far — and I'm proud to share our journey with you. At Clinton College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, people lined both sides of the sidewalk and applauded as our...
Two weeks left
We owe them our democracy — and we owe it to them to take this journey. Friends, We've been on The Ride for two days. Leaving the old Greyhound station in D.C., where the original Freedom Riders boarded in 1961, put the stakes of this journey into focus —...
The Ride has begun — and what a start
There's singing on the bus right now. Friends, Today is a day of joy — The Ride left Washington, D.C., from the historic Greyhound station where thirteen of the original Freedom Riders boarded a bus 65 years...
The Ride starts tomorrow — I’d like to share this with you
This fight means something with 18 days left. Friends, It's here — after months of anticipation, The Ride begins tomorrow in Washington, D.C. On Sunday, we'll set out from the old Greyhound station on New York Avenue, where some of the original Freedom...