Edward Williams

Bio

Edward Williams is currently a 3L at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a 2009 Teach For America Atlanta Corps Member. He graduated from Howard University in 2009 with a BBA in International Business and Finance with honors. He has interned at JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch in their investment banking/sales and trading divisions, and was a 2010 Teach For America Policy and Advocacy Leadership (PALI) Fellow at the National Council on Teacher Quality in Washington, DC. Edward is originally from Savannah, GA.
Jordan Davis Was Killed Because of America's Fear of Young Black Men
By Edward Williams
In November 2012, Michael Dunn, a 47-year-old white male stopped at a local gas station in Jacksonville, Fla. with his then-fiancée. When he pulled up at the gas station parking lot, he parked next to a car full of young, black male teens playing…
Black Gay Dads Shock the Internet by Being Normal
By Edward Williams
This picture of two black, gay fathers preparing their daughters for school one morning has been making its rounds on the Internet over the past few days. Along with the picture was the following caption: Being fathers is getting our daughters up at…
Harry Reid's 'Nuclear Option' is Exactly What the Founding Fathers Had in Mind
By Edward Williams
Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took up a debate to strike down filibuster rules that block presidential nominations. Here's a quick breakdown of how we got here, and why it matters for democracy: The U.S. Constitution Says So The United…
Here's What I Say to My Fellow Black, Gay Men
By Edward Williams
Today is National Coming Out Day, an awareness day established to celebrate the lives and experiences of members of the LGBT community living out and proud. The liberal and gay communities are celebrating, but in the midst of the celebration at…
Civil Rights March: The One Part Of It That No One Remembers
By Edward Williams
Supermarketnews.com - The Industry's Weekly Newspaper Martin Luther King would have been dismayed by the graph above, showing that 15% of all Americans live below the poverty line. But it seems that because most Americans have only listened to the…
George Zimmerman Jury to Black Men in America: You're Second-Class Citizens
By Edward Williams
In W.E.B. DuBois' iconic work The Souls of Black Folk, he wrote the following: "BETWEEN me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.…
Supreme Court Voting Rights Act: Landmark Civil Rights Law Gutted in 5-4 Decision
By Edward Williams
Today, the Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act and made a clear declaration that the court is no longer interested in what it views as racial issues of the past. The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder was a challenge to…
Fisher v. University of Texas: Supreme Court Calls Halftime in the Affirmative Action Match
By Edward Williams
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas ,finding that the the Fifth Circuit did not accurately apply strict scrutiny in the case. Seven justices joined the court in its decision to push the decision back down…
Don Lemon to Millennials: "Get Off My Lawn"
By Edward Williams
During a news segment on the Edward Snowden NSA leak, Don Lemon and guests turned to ridiculous stereotyping of millennials. Here is how the situation unfolded: Guest 1: And Don, Tom’s really correct about this sense of entitlement that many of…
Fisher v. University Of Texas: SCOTUS Decisions Will Be a Turning Point For Our Nation
By Edward Williams
In the next few weeks (and as early as Monday), the Supreme Court will release its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. The Fisher case is the latest case in a long line of affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court. More details about…
Why Did the Senate Gun Bill Fail? Good People Did Nothing
By Edward Williams
“How can something have 90% support and yet not happen?,” asked President Obama at his remarks today on the Senate’s inability to cross the 60-vote line to get universal background legislation passed. Many have already begun to lash out at the…
Justice Scalia Seeks to End Section 5 Of the Voting Rights Act
By Edward Williams
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. This case will decide the fate of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. All signs from the court’s demeanor on Wednesday morning point…
President Obama is Not the Realization Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream
By Edward Williams
On Tuesday, Wil Haygood, a noted columnist for the Washington Post, published an article entitled “Inauguration Will Cement Ties Between Obama, Martin Luther King Jr.” The article continues a line of rhetoric that places President Obama as the…
Sandy Hook Shooting: The Right Questions to Start an Overdue Conversation
By Edward Williams
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which has left nearly two dozen or more people dead, mostly children and teachers, struck a blow at the hearts and conscious of our country. Perhaps, now we are ready to have a conversation about how we…
Who Won the Election: Obama Win Means Republicans Should Rethink Strategy
By Edward Williams
Tonight, presidential candidate Mitt Romney lost in his bid against President Obama. But the big loss of the night belongs to the entire Republican Party. Ahead of the 2010 midterm election, the Tea Party usurped the Republican Party. Today, the…
Virginia Election Results LIVE: Obama up with 93% Reporting
By Edward Williams
In 2008, then-Senator Obama won Virginia and turned a traditionally red state blue, this year President Obama will try to hold on to the southern state, while Mitt Romney tries take the southern state red again. The polling in Virginia has been a…
Presidential Polls 2012: Romney Momentum is Gone, Obama is Ahead Again With 4 Days Left
By Edward Williams
Mitt Romney has been riding the momentum from the first presidential debate for a month, but that momentum has now completely dissipated, and President Obama is leading again in the Real Clear Politics poll of polls. The RCP poll of polls aggregates…
Real Unemployment Explained: What You Really Need to Know About Friday's Jobs Numbers
By Edward Williams
On Friday, the last set of jobs numbers before the election were produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are the highlights: Unemployment Rate: 7.9% (Up 0.1% from previous month) Job Growth: 171,000 new jobs created Behind the…
Debate Winner: President Obama Wins, Because Romney Agrees With Everything
By Edward Williams
On Monday night, President Obama and Governor Romney faced off for the final time this election season in Boca Raton, Florida at Lynn University. The debate focused on foreign policy and included segments on Syria, China, Libya, and the role of the…
Who Won the Presidential Debate: President Obama
By Edward Williams
On Monday evening in Boca Raton, Florida, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will face off for their third and final presidential debate. The debate will focus on foreign policy. The debate is broken into six segments and is moderated by Bob…