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Topic: March on Washington

Members of the 1199SEIU health care workers union from New York arrived in Washington aboard 70 buses on Saturday, June 18. (Bob Hennelly)

D.C. march calls out "politics of greed"

Bob Hennelly
Martin Luther King Jr.; Abraham Lincoln (AP/Getty/Hulton Archive/dpetrakov)

America: Land of MLK, or "sh**hole"?

Andrew O'Hehir
(Peter Cooper)

Women's March

Amanda Marcotte, Peter Cooper
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

The power of "we"

Rev. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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Police in riot gear detain a demonstrator in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 19, 2014. (Reuters/Joshua Lott)

“I am not afraid to die”

Brittney Cooper
State troopers stand shoulder to shoulder on the steps of Alabama's State Capitol on March 25, 1965, barring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from entering. (AP)

The MLK we need today

Joan Walsh
John Boehner and Eric Cantor (AP)

They have no leaders

Brian Beutler
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Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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Crowds gather on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington August 28, 2013. (Reuters/James Lawler Duggan)

Millennials deserve megaphones

Stacia L. Brown
(Facebook/RepTimScott)

Should Scott have been there?

Alex Seitz-Wald
Bill Clinton (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Here's why we miss Bill

Alex Seitz-Wald
John Boehner, George W. Bush, John McCain (Reuters/Larry Downing/Jim Young/Yuri Gripas)

A party full of rodeo clowns

Joan Walsh
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President Barack Obama speaks at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP/Evan Vucci)

A justifiably political speech

Brian Beutler
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington, D.C. Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

Stop cheapening MLK's legacy!

Joan Walsh
Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham outdoes herself

Joan Walsh
(AP)

Marches won't cut it anymore!

Brittney Cooper
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Asean Johnson (MSNBC/The Ed Show)

Stacia L. Brown
Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

Alice Truong - Fast Company
(Orhan Cam / Shutterstock)

Natasha Lennard
(AP Photo)

March for jobs and freedom!

Harvey J. Kaye
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