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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."
Honoring the radical evolution of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He remained, to the end, the prophet of nonviolent resistance.
Would Dr. King take a knee? 6 ways his radical spirit...
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world.
Progressive or Bust’s provocative meme assaults liberals’ hypocrisy
Rather than demean their civil rights struggle (which, by MLK’s design, enlisted many whites), the meme means to honor it as a needed and noble one.
MLK’s dream of housing equality
Housing was a key part of King’s vision for economic justice, but most black Americans don’t own homes.
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New poll shows the majority of Americans don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned
Americans don't agree with the new abortion bans in Alabama and Georgia.
Will Biden’s dog whistles for racism catch up with him?
Denial of that reality could help him win the party’s nomination -- and then help Donald Trump get re-elected.
Hillary’s call for Chinese meddling in 2020 is no joking matter
China already interfered with a presidential election once on behalf of Democrats.
This is how Republics die
"America will not 'bounce back' from the Trump presidency when it ends, and may lose all ability to recover at all if that presidency lasts six rather than two more years."
‘Becoming a green, sustainable society:’ Shorter work weeks is one of several strategies
"This new paper from Autonomy is a thought experiment that should give policymakers, activists and campaigners more ballast to make the case that a Green New Deal is absolutely necessary."
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