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It’s on Us to Stop the War in Yemen
We’re helping fight someone else’s war in Yemen — and the blood is on our hands. Since March 2015, the United States has supported a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that’s intervening in a civil war in Yemen. The war has...
Striking Teachers Are Fighting for Communities
Teacher strikes that started in West Virginia and are now raging in Oklahoma and whipping up in Kentucky and Arizona are being called a "nationwide movement." But a nationwide movement for what? The Wall Street Journal calls the teacher rebellions a "response to years...
Progressive Breakfast
Church Leaders Look To King's Challenge Church leaders who propelled Civil Rights Movement look to rekindle King’s activist spirit. NYT: "Bishop Blake is one of dozens of ministers who will converge on Memphis on Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the...
Fifty Years On, MLK’s Call for Economic Justice Rings True
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down fifty years ago today on April 4, 1968. It was a turning point of the twentieth century, marking an ending and a beginning. It was the end of one phase of the Black Freedom struggle, and the beginning of one of the most...
Martin Luther King Jr. Was a True Radical
Martin Luther King Jr. has come to be revered as a hero who led a nonviolent struggle to reform and redeem the United States. His birthday is celebrated as a national holiday. Tributes are paid to him on his death anniversary each April, and his legacy is honored in...
Rev. William Barber, Dr. Liz Theoharis on New Poor People's Campaign
Reverend William Barber and Dr. Liz Theoharis speak in Memphis, Tennessee about the "new and unsettling force" of Dr. Martin Luther King's life and legacy, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. Barber and Theoharis are co-chairs of the New...
Progressive Breakfast
SCOTUS Shields Police In Shootings Police shootings stir outrage among some, but not the Supreme Court. NPR: "he U.S. Supreme Court has again stepped into the bitter public turmoil over police shootings of civilians, ruling Monday that an Arizona police officer is...
The Fight for Health Care: In It to Win It
Eight years: that’s how long an American president can serve, and it’s the age at which children start to solve problems on their own. It’s also how long we’ve had President Obama’s signature reform of health care, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Obama achieved goals...
Progressive Breakfast
OK, KY Teachers Walk Out In Protest OK, KY teachers to walk out, plan huge rallies. CNN: "Oklahoma and Kentucky teachers are walking off the job Monday and holding rallies in their state capitols to pressure lawmakers. Inspired by the West Virginia strike in which...
Is the ‘Liberal World Order’ Worth Saving?
Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, recently wrote a column entitled “Liberal World Order, R.I.P.” Haass sees the post-World War II order succumbing to centrifugal forces. He foresees a fragmented and chaotic world made up of “regional...
