Young People Fight Back Against Voter Suppression in Ohio

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One Hood Media reports live from Cleveland, Ohio as early voting brings long lines and high energy and witness first hand voter suppression tactics and a group of youth that won't be denied. Jesse Jackson, Angela Woodson and Hip-Hop author/activist Bakari Kitwana were also present to protect the rights of Ohio voters.

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HuffPost Live: Reverend Jesse Jackson Shares His Concerns For The Upcoming Election

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Josh, Alicia and Reverend Jesse Jackson discuss what concerns the Reverend has entering the 2012 election.

Rev. Jesse Jackson at NATO Protests: "People Are Searching for Alternatives to War"

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Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow PUSH coalition joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and Afghans For Peace at the head of Sunday's anti-NATO march in Chicago. "People are here are from around the world searching for alternatives for war," Rev. Jackson says. "Now [the U.S.] seeks to expand a long-term commitment to Afghanistan -- $2 billion to $4 billion a week while we're laying off transit workers, closing schools hospitals. We can't afford it -- it's a mission not worthy of the investment."

Home of Barbara Arnwine, Civil Rights Lawyer, Raided By Police

Barbara Arnwine, Civil Rights Lawyer, Has Home Raided By Police | HuffPost BlackVoices

A civil rights lawyer said she is outraged and is sharing her story with the media, after her Maryland home was raided by police shortly before Thanksgiving. 

Barbara Arnwine, the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said her Prince George County home was raided by a SWAT team and other law enforcement the morning of Nov. 21, Politic365.com reports. 

"They held us at gunpoint for three hours," Arnwine told Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. on Sharpton's radio show "Keepin' It Real." "There is no justification for them operating like this. It's totally unprofessional and unjustified."

Arnwine is a well known attorney, and one of the leaders of groups in opposition of Voter ID laws. On Nov. 14, she spoke out about the effects of voter suppression laws on the minority community along with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union. 

The SWAT team arrived at her home at 5:30 a.m., disturbing the attorney and her family members, including an 80-year-old relative, Arnwine said. They also did not seem to have a warrant and asked for the name of the homeowner and how to spell that name. 

"If they had a warrant and were targeting any of us then how could they not know our names and know how to spell them," Arnwine said to D.C radio station's WPFW news anchor Askia Muhammad. "It looks like they were randomly looking, like they were on a fishing expedition. I honestly think they were looking for someone else. I honestly think they had the wrong address. I don't think they had the right house but I'll never know because I never saw a warrant." 

She told Muhammad that the president was aware of the incident, and that a press conference is being planned, according to Politic365.com.

"President Obama has heard about it and has e-mailed people asking 'What in the world is this?'" 

About Barbara Arnwine

Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law since 1989, is internationally renowned for contributions on critical justice issues including the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1991.  A graduate of Scripps College and Duke University School of Law, she continues to champion civil rights issues nationally and internationally in the areas of housing, fair lending, community development, employment, voting, education, environmental justice and more.  A prominent leader in the civil rights community, Ms. Arnwine also continues to fight for the preservation of affirmative action and diversity programs.