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Over Two-Thirds Of African-Americans Say King's Dream Fulfilled: Poll

CNN | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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More than two-thirds of African-Americans believe Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision for race relations has been fulfilled, a CNN poll found -- a figure ...

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Barack Obama and the Promise of Progress

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

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Paul Raushenbush

The progressive movement throughout the last century has enlisted political leaders, economists, educators, and clergy who strive to create a more equitable world, a task we believe is possible.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Gerald McEntee

Obama will need our help to repair the damage that has been done during the past eight years. He will need our hearts, our minds and our spirit.

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Becoming The Change: Your Plans For MLK Day

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

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Yesterday, we asked you to share where you plan to volunteer on Martin Luther King Day. Today, we woke up to hundreds of responses. Many of you will...

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Our Hope in Obama, Our Hearts to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jack Healey | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

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Jack Healey

We miss Dr Martin Luther King, Jr each day. His day, our day, asks each of us to stand up for decency and justice and non violence in our time, in our community, in our family, and in our world.

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What The Inauguration Means To Me

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

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Robert D. Patterson

The significance of Obama's inauguration resides in the sweat, blood, and tears shed by our forefathers so that people of all races, creed, and gender could share in the American inheritance.

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Obama Service Program: Blog Your Inauguration Volunteer Plans

The Huffington Post | Matt Palevsky | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

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On Monday, to celebrate the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., President-elect Obama has asked Americans to "create the change they wish to see" by vol...

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The Folly of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Eric Copage | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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Eric Copage

What if black Americans recognized Dr. King's birthday on the actual day of his birth, today, January 15th? We would make a collective decision, without asking anyone's permission, to exercise our freedom.

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Was Martin Luther King an Extremist?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

"Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: 'Too late.'" --Martin Luther King Martin Luthe...

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MLK and the Mountain Moving Business

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

On the third Monday of January, our country sets aside a day in remembrance of the life and the work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To remember King is to act like him.

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The 80th Birthday of Dr. King and the Inauguration of Obama as President

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Clarence B. Jones

I never thought as Martin Luther King Jr's former advisor and speechwriter that I would live long enough to ever publicly write or say these words.

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Who Are These Invisibles? Living Up to the Truth of the War in Iraq

Paula B. Mays | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Paula B. Mays

The suffering innocents in Iraq remain invisible. We barely know the names of the American soldiers who have died, but as to the innocent non-combatants in Iraq, we know even less.

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Dr. King's Other Dream: Ending Poverty

Joel Berg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Joel Berg

Had America ever chosen to do so, it could have wiped out domestic poverty and hunger far more rapidly than it could have achieved King's goals of racial equality or world peace.

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Will Obama be a Peacemaker?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

Clearly, what the world desperately needs from America and its new president is a peacemaker, not another warrior.

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Barack Obama: Change

Don King | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Don King

The world is watching American history in the making, live and in living color. We've taken an important step in the right direction by electing Barack Obama as President.

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Obama and the Muslim World

Omid Safi | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Omid Safi

This is not just about us. It is also about the world, and our place in the world community, and a return to an ethic of sharing and generosity.

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Frank Talk on Race and Prop. 8

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Wayne Besen

In moving forward, we must build a coalition that embraces a universal set of principles. If we stupidly divide ourselves by sexual orientation or race, we can only expect a race to the bottom.

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How the Obama Election Transformed Historic Locations

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

Children of color, indeed of all colors, across America woke up on Wednesday morning not just to a new day, but a new world.

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Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did

Erik Ose | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Obama's victory does not spell the end of racial disparity in America, but it is a ringing sign of progress, a triumph on the road to greater equality and realizing the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed to us.

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Reflections on Racism as I Vote for Barack Obama

Lea Lane | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Lea Lane

Today I signed and mailed my Florida absentee ballot for this historic election.

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Rabbi Dennis Shulman: Battling an "Enemy of the Environment"

Simran Sethi | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

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Simran Sethi

A portion of this interview first appeared in Heeb. Governor Sarah Palin has demonstrated that anyone can run for office. This is both good and bad...

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An Open Letter to Sarah Palin From a Community Organizer

Gabriel Thompson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Gabriel Thompson

But unlike you, most people don't go out of their way to disparage a group who has done so much to make this country great.

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Obama's Acceptance Speech Dispels Post Civil Rights Myth

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama is not just the symbolic embodiment of the civil rights struggle, but an embodiment of the still unfinished business of the civil rights movement.

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Progressives and Obama

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

We're in great need of willingness to acknowledge contradictory truths, to sort through them as a means of finding the best progressive strategies for the here and now.

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Obama and the Progressive Base

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

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

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