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People walk toward the beach near where President Barack Obama and the first family are spending time at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, during the Obama family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP)

Miriam Celeste Ramos - OpenWork.org
Amy Winehouse (Getty/Bryan Bedder)

My year with Amy Winehouse

Rachel Hulin
(Getty/Joe Raedle)

Muhammad Ali, my father and me

Katy Yocom
(AP)

Anna Nagurney - The Conversation
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Make Americans count again

Talmon Joseph Smith, Peter Levine
Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Chick Harrity/Patrick Semansky/Photo montage by Salon)

Julius A. Amin - The Conversation
Donald Trump; Martin Luther King, Jr. (Reuters/Rick Wilking/AP/Bill Ingraham/Salon)

From MLK to Trump: how and why

Chauncey DeVega
(Marvel)

Diversity

Amanda Marcotte
(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Thomas+Spayth'>Thomas Spayth</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

A spirit shares my bed

Karen F. McCarthy
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (AP/Jack Thornell)

Joshua F. J. Inwood - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-118999p1.html'>Obak</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

W. M. Akers - OpenWork.org

Curious about Cuba? Go now

Alli Joseph
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss.An effort to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag is failing because sponsors didn't gather enough signatures to put an initiative on the 2018 ballot. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) (AP)

MS lauds "Great Americans Day"

AP Staff
(Getty/Olivier Douliery)

A kid at the pro-life rallies

Kelsey L. Munger
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

Stop the hate and offer love

Nia Heard-Garris, Danielle Erkoboni - The Conversation
(Shutterstock/Salon)

Yes, men: you can march too!

Erin Keane
(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/kaninstudio'>NEstudio</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

The pursuit of happiness

David Masciotra
In this Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Fort Worth, Texas. To his supporters, the business career of Trump shows he’s got the decisiveness and smarts to lead the country. To critics, his exaggerated claims, burned customers and four bankruptcies suggest a man wholly disqualified for the office. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

Rebecca Gordon - TomDispatch.com
Michelle Wolfe, who had to evacuate her nearby mobile home, looks out toward flooded vineyards in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. (AP/Eric Risberg)

From drought to storm

Paul Rosenberg
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-137002p1.html'>Africa Studio</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

New Years Resolution

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty/Cecilie Arcurs)

ACA saved my Trump-voting dad

Brett Beasley

Philanthropist

Mary Elizabeth Williams
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president, simultaneously praising President Barack Obama’s achievements while pushing him to do more for their constituents who overwhelmingly supported his history-making campaign and administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

Andrew J. Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/rkupbens#1fe08e59'>rkupbens</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Sebastian Deffner - The Conversation
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