{"id":575,"date":"2026-07-11T06:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:08:27","slug":"equality-why-we-cant-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"Equality: Why We Can\u2019t Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>August 17, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Equality: Why We Can\u2019t Wait<\/h1>\n<h1>Equality: Why We Can\u2019t Wait<\/h1>\n<h2>In a 1991 special issue, Julian Bond argued\u00a0that the fight\u00a0for racial and gender equality\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cspecial interest\u201d\u2014it was essential to the progressive struggle.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<time>August 17, 2015<\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0<\/span>Civil-rights giant Julian Bond passed away on Saturday, August 15.\u00a0In 1991, he and Adolph Reed Jr. edited a special issue for <em>The Nation<\/em> titled \u201cThe Assault on Equality: Race, Rights and the New Orthodoxy.\u201d Their introductory essay is available below. The full issue is available to subscribers in our archive. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=573\">What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0 Equality: Why We Can\u2019t Wait <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" data-auto-height=\"false\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"600\" id=\"doc_22482\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/274876034\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>                Submit a correction<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                Send a letter to the editor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                Reprints &amp; permissions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><span> Julian Bond<\/span>Julian Bond, a long-time civil rights movement leader, was\u00a0a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, board chair of the NAACP, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and a Georgia state representative.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=572\">Gen Z Thinks About Climate Change Constantly. Why Don\u2019t They Vote Like It?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span> Adolph Reed Jr.<\/span>Adolph Reed Jr. is a columnist for <em>The Nation<\/em> and most recently co-author with Walter Benn Michaels of <em>No Politics but Class Politics<\/em> (Eris Press, 2023). 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