In a unified act of solidarity, @GovBillLee joined governors of the former slaveholding states Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Alabama to make a joint statement this week against the @UAW's efforts to unionize autoworkers in the South.

Workers are no fools. Southern governors who oppose them lead 6 of the nation’s 14 poorest states. For decades they & others like them have talked about a “right to work” while workers have gotten poorer & corporation’s profits have soared. www.clarionledger.com/sto…

With little action from politicians, workers have won some of the greatest increases in real wages in this nation’s history over the past 4 years. Emboldened by their wins, they are coming South to challenge the vestiges of the slave economy in the South. www.tennessean.com/story/…

Sharon Lavigne has taught us that we must listen to the people of Cancer Alley, & she continues fighting for them every day. I thank God for her. Honored to profile her for #TIME100. time.com/6964977/sharon-l…

A political movement has co-opted our faith tradition, but Jesus already told us what he stands for: giving good news to the poor and healing the sick and brokenhearted. divinity.yale.edu/news/in…