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50 years after the March on Washington, what would MLK march for today?
By Peter Dreier What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. march for if he were alive today? America has made progress on many fronts in the half-century since King electrified a crowd of 200,000 people, and millions of Americans … Continue reading
Bayard Rustin: the gay black pacifist at the heart of the March on Washington
By Gary Younge When civil rights leaders met at the Roosevelt Hotel in Harlem in early July 1963 to hammer out the ground rules by which they would work together to organise the March on Washington there was really only … Continue reading
Why Martin Luther King’s ‘Dream’ Speech Is So Hard to Find Online
By Dustin Volz As Washington gears up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech later this month, one thing might be missing from the celebrations: the speech itself. A full, … Continue reading
Still Marching for Jobs
By Imara Jones In less than a week, the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will take place on the same site as it did in 1963. The event, coordinated by the National Action Network … Continue reading
The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’
By Gary Younge When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the podium on August 28, 1963, the Department of Justice was watching. Fearing that someone might hijack the microphone to make inflammatory statements, the Kennedy DOJ came up with a … Continue reading
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Building a New Racial Justice Movement
By Rinku Sen This week, the nation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with events in Washington, D.C., and many other cities. A hot summer of race news—Moral Mondays to preserve voting … Continue reading
Police To Hand Out Doritos Instead Of Arrests At Pot Party
By Zack Beauchamp On Craigslist, “420 friendly” means a potential housemate welcomes marijuana use in their place. Nowadays, Seattle could use the label to describe the whole city: at an annual hemp and marijuana festival, the Seattle PD will be … Continue reading
How One State Succeeded in Restricting Payday Loans
In 2009, consumer advocates in Washington State decided to try a new approach to regulating payday loans. Like reformers in other states, they’d tried to get the legislature to ban high-cost loans outright — but had hit a brick wall. … Continue reading
Why Habitat For Humanity’s Newest Homeowner Might Never Pay An Electricity Bill
By Joanna M. Foster It’s a heavy, hot, July evening in Washington, D.C. Ominous storm clouds, bloated with rain, hang oppressively low and there’s an eerie green glow around the corners of everything. Lakiya Culley has just gotten home from work and … Continue reading
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