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300: Rise of an Empire
Coming March 7, 2014…
Steve McQueen: my hidden shame
By Decca Aitkenhead Steve McQueen has known about slavery for as long as he can remember. To the son of West Indian parents, slavery’s history is the story of his very existence: “So there is a weight on your chest, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Academy Award nominee, Arts and Culture, film, movie, Steve McQueen
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Drake’s SNL Bar Mitzvah Monologue
Sasheer Zamata’s first appearance as a featured performer on SNL.
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Tagged comedy, Drake, entertainment, funny, NBC, SNL, video
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SoftBank Said to Enter Direct Talks on Sprint-T-Mobile Deal
By Alex Sherman and Aaron Kirchfeld SoftBank Corp., which is seeking to combine its Sprint Corp. (S) unit with T-Mobile US Inc., has entered direct talks with T-Mobile’s owner Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) to resolve obstacles to a potential deal, … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Deutsche Telekom, Masayoshi Son, Softbank, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, technology, wireless
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NSA reportedly using radio waves to tap offline computers
By Steven Musil The National Security Agency is using secret wireless technology that allows it to access and alter data on computers, even when they are not connected to the Internet, according to a New York Times report. Since 2008, … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, National Security Agency, NSA, privacy, surveillance, technology
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Why Martin Luther King’s Dream Is Still Unfulfilled
By Annie-Rose Strasser Rather than simply celebrating the accomplishments of his life on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, this year ThinkProgress wants to take a look back at the unfinished parts of King’s legacy. While the civil rights leader changed … Continue reading
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
In January 1965, Playboy published Alex Haley’s interview with the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., shortly after King received the Nobel Peace Prize. In those days, the magazine still wasn’t identifying the interviewer by name, so Haley reported anonymously: “So … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Haley, Hugh Hefner, interview, Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize, Playboy
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How we get Dr. King wrong: “We’ve deliberately dismembered him,” Michael Eric Dyson tells Salon
By Josh Eidelson “In the last thirty years we have trapped King in romantic images or frozen his legacy in worship,” Michael Eric Dyson wrote in his 2000 book “I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, Martin Luther King, Michael Eric Dyson, MLK, race
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4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought
By Igor Volsky Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice. This saintly image is quite a departure from the kind of attacks the reverend endured over … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Dr. Martin Luther King, inspiration, jobs, justice, poverty, race, revolutionary, social justice
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Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece
By Malcolm Jones Martin Luther King’s gifts were manifest. He was an inspired leader, a galvanizing orator, and a brilliant polemicist and prose writer. But more than anything, he knew how to rise to an occasion. On December 10, 1964, … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King, holiday, Nobel Peace Prize, oratory, speech
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