Tag: civil rights
MLK Day special: Rediscovered 1964 King speech on civil rights, segregation...
As the nation marks 90 years since the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we air a rediscovered speech he delivered on December 7, 1964.
Why Jeff Sessions’ final act could have more impact than expected
Just before he left, the departing attorney-general adopted a policy to limit the Justice Department’s ability to oversee abusive police departments.
With the crisis of Kavanaugh’s confirmation comes opportunity
It’s a truism in political science that when regimes lose their legitimacy, major change – even revolution – becomes a possibility.
Civil rights tours draw in new generations
The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.
What the Parkland teens can teach Medicare for All campaigners
Successful campaigns will feature faces of the vulnerable with whom we can identify, bold and passionate action, and a movement-building strategy of nonviolent direct action campaigning.
50 years after MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, 2,500+ arrested over 6...
"We’ve invited the people to speak for themselves, because I think it’s time for a revolution."
To the press, after 18 months of Trump
Don’t let him rattle you. Maintain your dignity, confidence, and courage.
Today’s Poor People’s Campaign: Too important not to criticize
Provided, of course, today’s PPC attacks the bipartisan disease.
Honoring the radical evolution of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He remained, to the end, the prophet of nonviolent resistance.
The racist origin of the Second Amendment and the rise of...
Throughout history gun control laws have been used against people of color.
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A global plastics treaty can end the Age of Plastic
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The wars we don’t (care to) see
It couldn’t be more important to make America’s disastrous wars of this century more visible.
If pushing pardons for savage Jan. 6 seditionists isn’t unpardonable, what is?
Abusive pardons of the most serious crimes represent the great terrorist threat to self-government.
Climate activists decry pipeline ‘deal with the devil’ at protest outside Schumer’s home
"It's time to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure and that means no more pipelines. Chuck, stop appeasing Manchin!"