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Obama Does and Doesn't Fulfill King's Dream

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jr., Civil Rights Movement, Black Politics, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, I Have a Dream, March on Washington, Race, African-Americans, Presidency, Politics News

A percentage of whites who said they'd vote for Obama also said that blacks were more crime prone than whites. Yet Obama was seen as a racial exception, the penchant for making these distinctions between blacks.

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Is Obama's Inauguration MLK's Dream? Yes and No

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: I Have a Dream, Inauguration, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Politics News

In his "I Have a Dream" speech, MLK talked about a check given to African Americans that had bounced, a check that said "all men were created equal." 45 years later, has the check cleared?

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An Inaugural Invocation For A Man of Goodwill

Dr. Robert Aziz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, False Absolutes, Democracy and Self-Organization: The Change of Which Barack Obama Speaks, Inaugural Invocation, Inauguration, Robert Aziz, Goodwill, Barack Obama, Politics News

Americans elected Barack Obama because they believed that as a man of goodwill, he would have the consciousness and resolve to encounter life as it can only be truly encountered, as a dynamic process.

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Got MLK? Remembering King as an Anti-war Icon

Randall Amster | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, History, Politics, Martin Luther King, Mlk, Peace, Vietnam War, Anti-War, Pro-Peace, Civil Rights Movement, Anti-War Activism, Mlk Speeches, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr Speech, MLK Pro-Peace, Mlk Vietnam, Anti-Vietnam, Politics News

Let us remember Martin Luther King, Jr. not only as a champion of racial equality and economic justice, but also as an icon of anti-war and pro-peace sensibilities.

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

Jack Healey | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama Hope, Leadership, Togetherness, Barack Obama Hope, Change, Obama Change, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King, Hope, Martin Luther King Jr., Community, Causecast, Mlk, Barack Obama, Living News

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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The Folly of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Eric Copage | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King, Black America, African Americans, Martin Luther King Holiday, Politics News

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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From Nightmares to Dreams Come True

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, The Grapes of Wrath, Pakistan, Deficits, Pursuit of Happiness, Blood Diamonds, Early to Bed..., Iraq, An Inconvenient Truth, Iran, Infrastructure, Starvation, Unemployment, Jr, American Dream, Fiscal Mismanagement, Homeless, Katrina, Bling-Bling, Green-Collar Jobs, Health Care, Real Housewives of Orange County, Safety Nets, Haves and Have Nots, Civil Rights Laws, The Great Gatsby, Home Foreclosures, Martin Luther King, Middle-Class, Incoming Administration, City Upon a Hill, Genocide, Deregulation, Mac Mansions, Sluggish Wages, Afghanistan, North Korea, Post-Bush-Alyptic, Living News

Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why the Obama Administration Must Appoint an NIH Director Committed to Cures

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

There must be a place in the NIH where the discovery of knowledge is focused on preventing or curing the diseases of our loved ones.

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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

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Obama Election, Martin Luther King, Obama Inauguration, Race Relations, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Martin Luther King Day, Mlk, Race, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News

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

Read More: Iraq War, Non-Combatants, Torture, Invisible Man, George Bush, George W. Bush, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Ellison, Invisible Souls, War in Iraq, Noam Chomsky, Martin Luther King, Taylor Branch, Iraq, Politics News

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

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Poverty, Mlk, Martin Luther King, War on Poverty, US Poverty, Racial Equality, Community Service, End to Hunger, Charity, Obama Inauguration, Food Crisis, MLK Assasination, Barack Obama Inauguration, New York City, Hunger, Dreams, Martin Luther King Assassination, Politics News

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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The New Power Girls: Women Who Ignore Gender in Business

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Women, Mark Cuban, The Crunchies, Martin Luther King, Women Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Tina Fey, Carl Icahn, Rupert Murdoch, Arianna Huffington, Business News

When I look at Rupert Murdoch or Barry Diller, I want to be like them -- just as I do when I see anybody else who owns a successful media company, male or female.

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Who Carries the Burden of Peace?

Nathan Schneider | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Calls to Gaza, Gaza Strip, Smart Bombs, State Violence, Martin Luther King, Israel Us Relationship, Hamas, Israel-Gaza Conflict, Peaceful Protest, Gandhi, Israel, Non-Violence, Non-Violent Resistance, Free Gaza Movement, World News

Israel and its backers need to make the real sacrifices necessary to offer the Palestinian people a solution worthy of their dignity. It will not come cheap, but no cost is dearer than more war.

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How Israel is Wrong and the Palestinians are Misguided

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Martin Luther King, Occupation, Nelson Mandela, Palestinians, Mahatma Gandhi, Israel, Video, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News

Israel is occupying the West Bank (and effectively Gaza because they control the borders, the airspace, etc.). What are they going to do with it -- hold on to it forever?

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A Dream Obtained: The Future of Black Politics

Timothy Cooper | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

With the election of 2008 demonstrating how far this country has progressed with issues such as sexism and racism, it should be interesting to see if America will respond any differently to a Commander-in-chief of color.

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Barack Obama: Change

Don King | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Supporters, Obama Hope, Change, Making History, Obama Change, Martin Luther King, Hope, Understanding, Martin Luther King Jr., Love, Peace, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

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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Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman

Lea Lane | Posted 01.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bristol, Virginia, Odetta, Obama Election Day, Martin Luther King, Miriam Makeba, Johnny Cash, Bluegrass, The Crooked Road, Careers, Bob Dylan, Spirituality, June Carter Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Timely, Entertainment News

Odetta Holmes sang at the 1963 March on Washington, and it was reported that she wanted to sing at Obama's inauguration. But she didn't quite make it; she died on Tuesday, at age 77.

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Jim Brown on Barack Obama, Racism, Muhammad Ali, Hugh Hefner, Football, and Acting

Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Richard Pryor, Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown, Martin Luther King, Football, Jesse Jackson, Nfl, Barack Obama, Oliver Stone, Muhammad Ali, Politics, Acting, Spike Lee, Malcolm X, Racism, Touchdown, Raquel Welch, Nbc, Frank Sinatra, Bill Russell, Video, Jim Brown Obama, Politics News

The day after the presidential election, I sat down with Jim Brown. Brown discussed a wide range of topics, including what electing the first African American president means to him.

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What Kind of Revolutionary Will You Be?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, National Debt, Constitution, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Change, Obama Change, Politics News

if there is to be any change, it is going to be brought about by us, "we the people," not the politicians. No president, no congressman and no judge can do what you can.

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Obama and Malcolm X: Far From Opposites

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News

Many people may see Malcolm X and Barack Obama as opposites of each other in the sphere of black political figure, but Malcolm's own family has come out publicly for Obama.

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Obama Assassination Jitters

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kennedy, Assassination, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Presidency, Secret Service, Jfk, Politics News

There is a very real danger of violence to Obama. That's the unfortunate price that elected officials, in this case a new president, who inspire hope must pay.

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Notes from Election Day by a Gay White Liberal

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Election Day, Martin Luther King, Empathy, Sin, Racism, Liberal, California, Politics News

What does a gay, white liberal feel upon the election of the world's first African-American president at the moment America's biggest, bluest state votes to rip away my right to marry?

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(R)Evolution -- We All Want to Change Your Head

Suzette Standring | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rock the Vote, Polls, Exit Polls, Martin Luther King, Obama Youth Vote, Voters, Civil Rights, Racism, Black Power, 18 to 24, Barack Obama, President, Election, Inequality, Younger Generation, Flower Power, Change We Can Believe In, Obama Hope, Obama Victory, Yes We Can, Obama Wins, President Obama, Obama Administration, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Presidency, Obama Idealism, Politics News

This new multi-cultural, interracial, eco-green, techno-savvy, globally-minded young generation has made history.

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Obama's Forgotten Inspiration: Theodore Parker

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Presidential Election November 4th, Election Reaction, Obama Election Day, Martin Luther King, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Grant Park, Barack Obama Victory Speech, Theodore Parker, Obama Victory Speech McCain Concession Speech, 2008 Election, Grant Park, Politics News

Obama did a much better job of reaching out to young, white evangelicals than Kerry did. It's therefore unsurprising that Obama employs the rhetoric of an earlier evangelical in his speeches.

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Praise God?

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Tony Kushner, Progressive, God, Martin Luther King, Prop 8, Spirituality, Barack Obama, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Living News

Obama's election does not wipe out the vicious racism of centuries, and Prop 8 shows that there is still work to be done confronting the discrimination of Gay and Lesbian people.

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