On the evening of April 2nd, 2013, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II proposed what would become the Moral Monday movement to an emergency gathering at a North Carolina church. Within three years, they had taken down a governor and transformed the national conversation about the role of morality in civic life.
Today, Rev. Barber faces the challenge of his life as the leader of the Repairers of the Breach movement, which is organizing civil disobedience actions at the U.S. Capitol on the first Monday of each month this summer.
“This sacred action is a bold response to an immoral budget and unjust policies that harm the poor, women, children, and workers,” he writes.
“Grounded in Micah 6:8 and the prophetic traditions of justice and mercy, we will stand together to say No to oppression and Yes to love, justice, and the sacred dignity of all. Sign up now and declare: ‘We will not be silent anymore.’”
If we don't speak up, the Senate will kill my child
Courtney Hester-Green is a U.S. military veteran whose daughter was born with Edwards syndrome and not expected to survive a year. Today, at age 5, she has a full life thanks in large part to Medicaid.
I attended his most recent action and created the video above, which is supplemented by footage from Fusion Films.
Dr. Timothy B. Tyson, who was serving under Rev. Barber as a board member and historian for the North Carolina NAACP when I met him in 2013, was recently my guest on Wrestling Darkness. We spoke of Rev. Barber in our conversation, and sure enough, I ran into Tim not long after Rev. Barber and eight others were arrested in the Capitol rotunda on June, 2nd, 2025.
This molten thing about interracial sex — Ep.9
“This molten thing about interracial sex” was always at the core of fights about integration and equality, explains historian and author Dr. Timothy B. Tyson.
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