Since its enactment in 1986, I’ve attended numerous Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorations. Nearly all have been disappointing. Few speakers demonstrate knowledge of the foremost leader of the ...
Dr. King stood with the oppressed, against the systems of power that seek to crush them. If we are to honor his legacy, we ...
Before you settle into your federally mandated day of action (or day of chillin,’ if that’s your groove), allow me to bestow upon you an inconvenient truth: The Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday ...
He never suggested that his dream of a discrimination-free society should make us blind to the persistence of racism.
Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.
His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...
Syria’s path to stability may become hindered by foreign interference, radical groups and international pressure ...
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KOCHI: Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari, with his debut published work, has been garnering accolades across India and beyond. His ...
Steven Brint talks Trumpian dystopia, the administrator-activist alliance, and the role of higher ed’s political center.
It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...