Boston aftermath brings out America’s worst prejudices
Between a Saudi student's profiling and irresponsible CNN and NY Post reports, our nation's bigotry is on display
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 4:53 PM UTC 163Media Race, Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Where does the hate come from?
Amid this tragedy, we ought to remember that violence begets violence, force begets force
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 6:29 PM UTC 31News Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK’s “Two Americas” truer than ever
The inequality King highlighted continues to grow worse
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 9:58 PM UTCPolitics BillMoyers.com
How to fight voter suppression
The anniversary of Bloody Sunday brings key lessons for today's voting rights movement
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 7:49 PM UTCPolitics Selma, Voting Rights, Race
Rosa Parks: “I had been pushed as far as I could stand”
On her 100th birthday, a new book argues the civil rights icon's rebellion goes beyond that one famous refusal
Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 16Politics Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr., champion of military defense?
The United States Air Force is the latest group to willfully misinterpret the legacy of the civil rights activist
Friday, Feb 1, 2013 3:00 PM UTCPolitics Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don’t let me down, Obama!
Your second inaugural address raised my hopes -- again. But I don't know how much disappointment I can take
Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 34Politics Barack Obama, Republicans
Mississippi’s last abortion provider
Meet Willie Parker, the public face of the effort to save the state's only abortion clinic
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 3:18 PM UTCPolitics The American Prospect
12 ways Obama’s inauguration speech humiliated the Tea Party
After reclaiming the language of patriotism, Obama threw it back in the faces of the GOP in the name of liberalism
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 3:44 PM UTC 39Politics AlterNet, Inauguration
8 things you probably didn’t know about Martin Luther King Jr.
As enduring as his civil rights work has been, much of the doctor's life remains unknown to the American public
Monday, Jan 21, 2013 4:00 PM UTCPolitics AlterNet, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Time to march on Washington again for jobs and freedom
An open letter to AFL-CIO president Richard L. Trumka
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 10:46 PM UTCPolitics Richard L. Trumka
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Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 8:29 PM UTCNews Martin Luther King
From abolitionism to OccupyDC
The forgotten civil rights leader who started the movement in McPherson Square
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 6:39 PM UTCPolitics Occupy Wall Street
The music of the King holiday
The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK
Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTCLife Martin Luther King
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