Tag: Martin Luther King
Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King,...
On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.
Getting Rid of Bad Examples
“Each of us should give serious consideration to the promotion of new heroes. And, the resulting lists can be easily customized to one’s own ideals and goals. With such an effort we help define ourselves and help make our time better than a very flawed past.”
Martin Luther King III: Don't Idolize My Father, Embrace His Ideals...
In celebration of Bloody Sunday, King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, spoke this past weekend in Selma and asked the people to embrace his father's ideals of freedom, justice and equality rather than idolize him.
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The country Trump seems dead set on imitating
The Trump administration has begun offering wealthy foreigners the chance to emigrate to the U.S. if they fork over $5 million for a so-called gold card—an alternative to the “green card.”
Hundreds dead from hunger in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to empty the strip
As children die from hunger and medicine shortages, global outrage mounts over what critics call a campaign of extermination in Gaza, enabled by U.S. policy and a vision of forced displacement.
Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
States can take meaningful climate action, even without federal support: Study
The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.