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Liberty – noun – the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or views.

Our last president, Barack Obama, recently said that the necessary response from Americans to the racial and social injustice and inequality in our country was “not an either-or situation.” We have to participate in civic action, and even civil disobedience, AND we have to participate in the political process – we have to vote.

This sentiment has been shared by a variety of expected and unexpected sources, from the NAACP to the CEO of...