Tag: MLK
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not...
On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into law the Civil...
The liberal contempt for Martin Luther King’s final year
“It challenges the imagination to contemplate what lives we could transform if we were to cease killing.”
SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.
Dr. King’s radical revolution of values
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world.
Building MLK’s beloved community in 2019 and beyond
By taking up positive political and environmental activism, many citizens, in the U.S. and around the world, are still working to make Dr. King’s beloved community a reality.
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.
The part about MLK white people don’t like to talk about
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Beyond NATO: Time to break the silence, end NATO’s militarism
NATO is a front for Western military aggression, which has resulted in destruction around the world, mass deaths and mass migration as people are forced from their NATO-destroyed communities.
Delta Airlines helps National Park Service reopen MLK national park amidst...
“As we celebrate his life and legacy this holiday weekend, we felt it was important we do our part to ensure that the historical landmarks be accessible to the public."
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."
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The one thing that would make elections better for everyone
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Simply PFAS: Lawsuit claims ‘all natural’ orange juice brand contains toxic forever chemicals
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a growing concern because of the many health impacts associated with exposure and their tendency to persist in the human body for months to years and in the environment for thousands of years.
What can the United States bring to the peace table for Ukraine?
The United States bears its share of responsibility for this crisis that is destroying Ukraine and placing the world in "unprecedented danger," as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' new Doomsday Clock statement calls it.