WE THE PEOPLE

August 9, 2015

Americans will be grappling with a number of sensitive and critical issues throughout 2015 and beyond. Some new, some old and some never-ending – concerns about race, religion, violence, politics, guns, climate change, war and civic responsibility are just some of the issues that may polarize all or segments of the nation. We The People will bring awareness to different viewpoints in the hopes of educating its readership. Please be encouraged to join in and share your perspective.

President Obama Talks About Reaffirming Our Commitment to Protecting the Right to Vote during his Weekly Radio Address.

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The Voting Rights Act: 50 Years Later

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Published on Aug 6, 2015

Fifty years ago, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law – breaking down legal barriers at the state and local level that had prevented African-Americans from exercising their constitutional right to vote. Because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, the right to vote was secured for more Americans.

President Obama Hosts the First-Ever White House Demo Day

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Published on Aug 4, 2015

President Obama delivers remarks at the first White House Demo Day, where innovators from around the country came to the White House to “demo” their individual stories and projects. August 4, 2015.

PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY

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President Barack Obama walks with Personal Secretary Ferial Govashiri along the West Colonnade of the White House, Aug. 7, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

Attorney General Loretta Lynch clasps hands with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as President Barack Obama recognizes them during his remarks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium, Aug. 6, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama works on his Iran nuclear deal speech in the Oval Office as Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, is reflected on a computer screen working on the speech at a desk in the Outer Oval Office, Aug. 5, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives President Barack Obama a banner after their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, Aug. 4, 2015. The message reads, “The highest virtue is like water.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Attendees react to President Barack Obama during his remarks in a town hall at the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY

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Michael Carter, Program Manager for DoD Programs NIF and Photon Science briefs Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work on the function and capability of the National Ignition Facility as he tours the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., during a visit Aug. 5, 2015. (Photo by Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 4, 2015) Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) are conducting a composite training unit exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hunter S. Harwell/Released)

U.S. Army paratroopers pass back the 30 second command at Leapfest 2015 in West Kingstown, R.I., Aug. 1, 2015. Leapfest is an International parachute competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Joshua Talley/ Released)

West Wing Week

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