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As New Yorkers showed today, Americans – especially young people and communities of color – are demanding leaders with vision who stand with the oppressed, not the powerful; who build peace and prosperity instead of profit from war and division.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Sandy argued that Michael spoke as an empathetic voice of the oppressed.
—Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
God hears the cries of the oppressed and calls His church to do the same.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Ghislaine Kinzounza is part of the oppressed Tutsi ethnic group, the same group subjected to genocide in 1994.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Sandy argued that Michael spoke as an empathetic voice of the oppressed.
—Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
God hears the cries of the oppressed and calls His church to do the same.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Ghislaine Kinzounza is part of the oppressed Tutsi ethnic group, the same group subjected to genocide in 1994.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
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“The oppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20oppressed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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