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Glenn Beck Has A 'Plan' To Sell Books With March On Washington On The Anniversary Of MLK Speech

thinkprogress.org | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

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Yesterday, while promoting his latest book at "a festive campaign-style rally" in The Villages in Florida, Fox News host Glenn Beck announced that he ...

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How Sweet The Sound: An Interview With Joan Baez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Richard & Mimi Farina, Thomas Friedman, David Crosby, Ipod, Mimi Farina, David Mansfield, Vaclav Havel, Steve Earle, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Velvet Revolution, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Political News, Jonas Kaufmann, Segregation, Entertainment News, Richard Farina, Bishop Ernest Palmer, Martin Luther King Jr., Dar Williams, Jussi Bjorling, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Roger McGuinn, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

For most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world.

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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Taylor Branch To Reveal "The Clinton Tapes"

GQ | Wil S. Hylton | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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It has been nearly forty years since three young Democratic activists named Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and Taylor Branch moved into a small apartme...

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Peeling Away the "Obama Phenomenon": An Interview with Paul Street

Christian Avard | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Values, President Obama, Martin Luther King Jr., Obama, Media, Progressive Politics, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Barack Obama 2008, Progressive, Martin Luther King, David Axelrod, John Edwards, Racism, Community Organizing, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Christian Avard

Street goes beyond the Obama phenomenon and investigates who Obama is and what he's all about in Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics.

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Minorities and Health Care: What's the Real Story?

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Low Birth Rate, “Infant Mortality Rate”, African-Americans, Recidivism, Incarceration, Classicism, President Barack Obama, African-American Women, Melting Pot, Healthcare Reform, HIV/AIDS, African-American Infants, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Senator Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Socialism, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Town Hall Meetings, Medical Care, Prenatal Care, Minorities, Stomach Cancer, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

While health care is in need of radical reform for millions of Americans, minorities and especially blacks have historically suffered disproportionately from poor or non-existent health care.

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Final Thoughts on Beer Summits and Postracial Paradoxes

Jonathan Rieder | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Rieder

Now that the dust from the Gates dust-up has settled, a bit of perspective is in order. Glib invocations of a color-blind society were always too breathless.

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Escalation Scam: Troops in Afghanistan

Norman Solomon | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

The president has set a limit on the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. For now. That's how escalation works. Ceilings become floors. Gradually.

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

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Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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For Gays in the Military, Obama's Good Intentions Not Enough

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Good intentions are no substitute for the change our service members are counting on, especially those who might like to be relieved from a third or fourth or fifth tour in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Today's Movement Leaders are Alive and Kicking

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voto Latino, Poverty, Ella Baker, Common Ground, Gloria Steinem, Immigration, Prime Movers, Mahatma Ghandi, Roseanne Haggerty, Cesar Chavez, The Center for Third World Organizing, Climate Change, Martin Luther King Jr., Environmental Action Coalition, Kevin Bales, Dorothy Day, Health Care, Politics News
Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Prime Movers aren't simply good people doing great work. They're stirring masses of people to combat injustice, to become engaged in the civic decisions that affect their common good.

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Why Dr. King Would Break the Silence on Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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ZP Heller

We must invest in our own economic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis.

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The Challenges to Black Media Under President Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

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Clarence B. Jones

Critical and constructive analysis of President Obama's policies is certainly more useful than our Black Media's continued uncritical celebration of our new president.

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Jason Pollock | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Jason Pollock

You have forever changed what it means to be the President of the United States and I'm so grateful and happy for your existence.

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RED the Book: How to Turn Teenage All-About-Me-ism into Altruism

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Amy Goldwasser

Obama's call to service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was two weeks ago today. But to my generation, I'm afraid it may as well have been issued by Abe Lincoln. It's already history.

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The Beloved Community and the Holy Land

Imam Yahya Hendi and Rabbi Gerald Serotta | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Imam Yahya Hendi and Rabbi Gerald Serotta

The harming of civilians -- whether they play in school yards in Southern Israel or seek refuge in schools in Gaza -- constitutes a crime against humanity by any international standard.

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Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

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Obama and the Science of Altruism

Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Jamil Zaki

Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.

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Notes from a "Pro-Abortionist"

Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Jenna Henry Hansen

Although "feminist" and "pro-choice" are not interchangeable, I know many women that are "accused" of being a feminist and/or pro-abortion just for speaking up.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

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Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Two Parades. Two Coasts. One Hope.

Karen Bass | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Karen Bass

Just as Martin Luther King's dream could not have endured if it was his alone, President Obama's hope and promise can't endure if we don't help shoulder the burden.

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From a National Day of Service to the Promise of Citizen Power

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

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Frances Moore Lappe

My problem with the service frame is simple: If I serve, someone else is being served. If I serve, I act, but the other -- the beneficiary -- does not. "Service" seems to create two classes: the givers and the receivers.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.- Cleansing the Fabric of Our Nation

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Michael DeJong

Today more than ever, Dr. King now seems with us. His premonition of not reaching the Promised Land at this moment seems false, because Barack Obama is standing on King's shoulders.

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Martin Luther King's Black President Prediction: New Interview Footage

BBC NEWS | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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BBC World News America has unearthed a fascinating clip of Dr Martin Luther King speaking to the BBC's Bob McKenzie in 1964 in which Dr King predicts ...

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A Promissory Note For the American Promise

Kit Gallant | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama Rhetoric, The American Promise, American History, American Dream, Obama Inauguration, Martin Luther King Jr., Political Economy, African-American History, Race, “I Have a Dream” Speech, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Kit Gallant

King argued that it was the distorted state of the most fundamental conception of American political and social economy that was, in and of itself, responsible for social and economic injustice.

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