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Martin Luther King Jr.
AOC, Bernice King Slam McCarthy for Saying MLK Would Oppose Critical Race Theory
“The GOP would do well to stop banning books and start reading them,” wrote Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Black Workers in Alabama Aim to Slay the Trillion-Dollar Behemoth That Is Amazon
Unionizing the Amazon warehouse workforce, which is 85 percent Black, is above all a civil rights issue, say organizers.
The Capitol Siege Was White Supremacy in Action. Trial Evidence Confirms That.
The violent storming of the Capitol was in no way a “revolution” -- it was the brazen reemergence of white supremacy.
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a Fierce Critic of US Foreign Policy
Beyond his civil rights leadership, Dr. King also championed the cause of the poor and spoke against the Vietnam War.
Martin Luther King Jr. Defended Democracy Against Racism and So Must We
King's demands for economic justice are crucial in the struggle against rising American fascism.
McConnell Elicits Outrage by Invoking MLK in His Reelection Acceptance Speech
As Senate Majority Leader, McConnell has blocked the restoration of the Voting Rights Act since last December.
In Anti-Communist Fervor, FBI Built a 500-Page File on Coretta Scott King
The file is a testament to the larger racist ugliness festering in the U.S., then as now.
Martin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their Lives
King warned us that the real enemy is war itself.
Michelle Alexander Is Right About Israel-Palestine
For making legitimate criticisms of Israeli apartheid, I am often called a “self-hating Jew.”
The US Celebrates King’s Nonviolence But Not His Antiwar Politics
Martin Luther King Jr.’s anti-Vietnam war speech, “A Time to Break the Silence,” is more relevant today than ever.