Martin Luther King Jr

Poor People's Campaign to Host Weekend Digital Gathering to 'Challenge Poverty and Revive Democracy'

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is planning a historic digital assembly and march for June 20 and 21, 2020.

After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to Abolish Death Penalty

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"This INJUSTICE system is racist, sexist, and xenophobic," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "We need a system that centers shared power, freedom, equality, safety, and dignity."

'Don't Look Away. This Nation Is So... Cruel': Rights Advocates Decry Execution of Nathaniel Woods by Alabama

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Not justice. Not closure. Not peace. Just more pain, more trauma, more death...

MLK Jr's Son Among Justice Advocates Urging Alabama Governor to Halt Execution of Nathaniel Woods

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Killing this African American man, whose case appears to have been strongly...

'Sit This One Out': FBI Slammed for Social Media Shoutout to Martin Luther King Jr.

Countering Annual Whitewash of His Legacy, Progressives Remember the 'Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialist' Martin Luther King Jr.

For Trying to Stop Wars in Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Says Bernie Sanders, 'I Make No Apologies'

Putting Tax Rates and Billionaire 'Excess' in Moral Terms, Ocasio-Cortez Asks 'What Kind of Society Do We Want to Live In?'

'Preaching Is More Than Words': Rev. Barber II Delivers Soaring Sermon in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

To Fulfill MLK's 'Revolutionary' Vision, Sanders Says Corrupt, Divisive, and 'Racist' Trump Must Be Defeated

Critics to Mike Pence, US Marine Corps, and the CIA: Sorry, Martin Luther King Jr. Does Not Belong to You

50 Years Ago: Antiwar Protesters Brutally Attacked in Police Riots at 1968 Democratic Convention

Aretha Franklin, Soul Legend and Icon of Civil Rights and Feminist Movements, Dies at 76

Protesting 'Morally Repugnant' Trump Policies, Poor People's Campaign Demands Action on Housing, Health, and Climate

World's Millionaires and Billionaires Now Control Half the World's Personal Wealth, New Analysis Shows

Hundreds Arrested Nationwide as Poor People's Campaign Demands 'End to the War Economy'

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This year's Martin Luther King Day comes with the usual dose of cognitive dissonance - the hateful Mike Pence is quoting him?! - along with an added shot of racist punk privilege from a mob of MAGA-hatted white boys of Covington Catholic who swarmed, taunted and jeered a Native American elder because they felt they could. King knew there is nothing new under the divisive sun. "This wasn't boys being boys," said one critic. "This is America being America."