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Ben Jealous

Executive director of the Sierra Club and former president of the NAACP and People for the American Way.

StoryMar 21, 2023

“Stop Dirty Banks”: Bill McKibben & Ben Jealous on Ending Big Bank Funding for Fossil Fuel Expansion

StoryMar 21, 2023

U.N. Warns “Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking” as Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Tops 560 in Malawi & Mozambique

StoryJan 10, 2023

“Never Forget Our People Were Always Free”: Civil Rights Leader Ben Jealous on His New Memoir

Web ExclusiveJan 10, 2023

Parable of American Healing: Fmr. NAACP Pres. Ben Jealous Shares Family History of Fighting Racism

StoryJan 12, 2022

Biden Backs Filibuster Reform to Pass Voting Rights Bills After Sustained Grassroots Pressure

StoryNov 17, 2021

Protect Voting Rights Now! MLK’s Granddaughter, Ben Jealous & More Risk Arrest at White House Protest

StoryNov 17, 2021

“No Doubt That Julius Jones Is Innocent”: Supporters Demand Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Man

StorySep 21, 2021

“We Are Troy Davis”: 10 Years After Georgia Execution That Galvanized Anti-Death Penalty Movement

StoryAug 24, 2021

Voting Rights Groups Launch Civil Disobedience Campaign at the White House Urging End to Filibuster

StoryAug 24, 2021

Ben Jealous: Rev. Jesse Jackson Is Hospitalized with COVID-19. “We’re All Praying for Him.”

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