Martin Luther King Jr

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

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking Saturday at a 2020 campaign rally in Montpelier, Vermont.

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"I do think that a system that allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don't have access to public health is wrong."

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

Jon Queally, staff writer

"To preach is to see the people who are crying out and the systems that are...

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

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"What he reminded us is courage of conscience, that we stand up, no matter what...

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'

50 Years Later, 'Catonsville 9' Burning of Vietnam Draft Notices Continues to Inspire

Citing Working Class Pain 'That Doesn't Make CNN,' Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy

Decrying System That Favors 'War and the Wealthy,' Poor People's Campaign Unveils Agenda to Combat Poverty, Racism, and Militarism

Seven Peace Activists Arrested After Entering Nuclear Submarine Base in Georgia

50 Years After Assassination, Nation Urged to Embrace MLK's Radical Vision

#FightFor15: Fast Food Workers Stage Rallies Across Country, Demanding Living Wage and Union Rights

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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."