Martin Luther King Jr

Obama and the Progressive Base

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Norman Solomon

A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as "an exceptionally gifted politician who, throughout his ...

Death Under the Guise of Health Care

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Norman Solomon

In San Francisco yesterday, over 1,000 protesters were spilling from the sidewalks outside the Moscone Center -- demanding health care for all.

Why Bobby Rocks A New Generation

Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Irshad Manji

I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.

The Evolution Of Peace

Susan Smalley | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


Susan Smalley

I recently returned from Clark University in Worchester, Mass where my daughter is considering attending college. They have a concentration in the un...

Is King's Complete Message Breaking Through?

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Jim Wallis

When King was assassinated, he was trying to move the country to take on the moral issue of economic injustice. And, for the first time in many years, the remembrances of King's death urged the nation to do the same.

"...Just Denounce the Pacifists for Lack of Patriotism..."

Coleen Rowley | Posted 04.05.2008 | Home


Coleen Rowley

How uncanny that exactly 40 years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated during the Vietnam War (and some think possibly because of his opposit...

A Fatal Blow to Idealism

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

An article in the Washington Post for the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death: "A Fatal Blow To Idealism."

On Obama Not Going to Memphis

Cornel West | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Cornel West

I have a very deep disagreement with my dear brother, Barack Obama -- in this case, commitment to truth is in tension with the quest for power.

Talking In Memphis (And Indiana): NBC'S Williams Speaks To All Three Candidates About Race And The Legacy Of MLK

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media


NBC Nightly News was live tonight from Memphis, Tennessee, starting off with anchor Brian Williams standing before the Lorraine Motel where Martin Lut...

Honoring King is Not Enough

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

Too many of us would rather celebrate than follow Dr. King. We would rather build a monument or name a street or school after him than build the new nation and world he called for.

The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Charlie Rose

2008-04-04-mlkjrrosepullnew.jpgTo commemorate Dr. King's legacy and to take a deeper look at race in America I spoke with Tom Brokaw, John Hope Franklin, James Clyburn and Dr. Beverly Tatum.

40 Years after MLK's Death: DOJ's War on Black Voters

Art Levine | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Art Levine

What was once primarily a series of tactics stretching back from the evil days of the poll tax in the 1960s to "caging" and photo ID today, has become official Justice Department policy.

Remembering Dr. King's Legacy on Poverty

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Rep. Barbara Lee

Addressing poverty should be one of our first priorities, not the last. And one of the first steps we should take is to end our generation's version of the Vietnam War, our occupation of Iraq.

Just Forty Years Ago

Frank Mankiewicz | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Frank Mankiewicz

I was Robert Kennedy's press secretary, and I had received maybe 10 calls from various media, reporting accusations from angry Catholic phone callers complaining the senator had "taken communion" in a Protestant church.

Called By His Struggle, Challenged by His Sacrifice: Remembering Dr. King

Stewart Acuff | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Stewart Acuff

The following is a speech I delivered today, April 4, 2008, to the Southern Regional Meeting of Central Labor Councils in Memphis to commemorate the 4...

The New Assassins Don't Use Guns

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

A new form of political murder has taken its place -- character assassination. Over the last two decades, the Right has learned how to destroy its enemies without leaving a body.

Unions Can Help Us Get Over the Mountaintop Towards the Promised Land

Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Gerry Hudson

As Martin Luther King knew so well, unions have long built bridges to those islands of poverty that stain our society and threaten the American Dream.

April 4, 1968

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Bobby Kennedy's brief remarks the night of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination would be later described as a small masterpiece of American public rhetoric made all the more poignant by his own assassination just eight weeks later.

40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced

Jeff Cohen | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Jeff Cohen

In 1967 and '68, mainstream media saw Rev. Martin Luther King a bit like they now see Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Coincidence of Martin Luther King and Imus Anniversaries Brings Surprisingly Bitter Thoughts About Media

Eric Deggans | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Eric Deggans

The continuing battle over issues like the words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright suggests to me that our soundbite-focused media culture isn't well suited to the serious, complex debate we need to have on race in America.

Was James Earl Ray Martin Luther King's Killer? Doubts Remain

Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


The BBC reports: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 40 years ago on 4 April 1968. A year later, James Ear...


 

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