African American Ministers in Action (AAMIA) Chair Rev. Timothy McDonald will join a 40-member delegation of political leaders, voting experts and regional observers from Africa and other continents to monitor Nigeria’s National Assembly and presidential elections on Saturday, April 21,...
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On October 19, The Brian Lehrer Show tackled voter suppression on its election year series,
30 Issues in 30 Days. The program featured the following panelists:
Michael Waldman, executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton
and
Dr. Tony Minor, pastor for Community of Faith in Cleveland Ohio and member of AAMIA
and
Robert Pollock, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member
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The AAMIA and AAMLC released this statement to the press on the recent scandal involving Republican Congressman Mark Foley and teenage congressional pages. African American Ministers Say Mark Foley Scandal Reveals Hypocrisy of Political and Religious Leaders Who Claim To...
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Rev. Tim McDonald voiced his concern over recent ads casting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Republican. These recent ads also declare that Democrats were the force behind many brutal Jim Crow tactics during the Civil Rights Era....
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It is becoming much harder for many Americans to vote. The barriers range from unintentional to obvious to insidious, and they are proliferating across the nation. Racial minorities, students, the poor, and senior citizens are bearing the brunt of new...
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A new generation of Religious Right leaders is turning conservative churches into political machines for far-right Republican candidates with rhetoric that might make Pat Robertson blush. The new report by People For the American Way Foundation, NAACP, and the African...
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