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How the resistance can stay persistent

Journalist Thomas Ricks on why Americans have been "given a flat narrow story" of the fight for democracy in the US

Salon

‘Control the narrative’: how an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news

A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither reports on high electric bills or utility-related pollution

The Guardian - US

MLK Day service honors civil rights icon and calls for progress

Learn about the annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative service in Atlanta, honoring the civil rights icon and highlighting the ongoing fight for equal...

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'I'm not safe here': Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

Federal officials have long warned that restraint and seclusion in schools can be dangerous and traumatizing for children, but school districts often fail to report incidents as required by law.

WEKU

Trump adviser compares Trump's charges to those of civil rights activists

A senior adviser compared the former president's 91 criminal charges to those faced by civil rights activists in the 1960s.

WEKU

Kamala Harris warns US freedom is under ‘profound threat’ in MLK Jr day speech

US vice-president speaks at South Carolina event honoring the civil rights leader, urging voters to ‘roll up our sleeves’

The Guardian - US

MLK Family Members Tapped As Buccaneers Captains for Playoff Game vs. Eagles

This will be the first time the late civil rights leader’s family will attend an NFL game on MLK Day.

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RFK Jr defends Kennedy administration for wiretapping MLK Jr

The independent presidential candidate thought his family permitted the eavesdropping to ‘prove’ that King’s alleged Communist ties ‘were either right or wrong’

The Independent UK

Up First briefing: Iowa caucuses; MLK Day

Iowa Republicans kick off the 2024 election season tonight with the first caucuses to choose a presidential candidate. NPR's reading and listening picks to honor Martin Luther King Jr's legacy.

WEKU

‘His dream’s been weaponized into his nightmare’: how Martin Luther King Jr’s words have been co-opted

Politicians and celebrities routinely twist the message of the civil rights icon, turning a radical legacy into revisionist history

The Guardian - US

Missing the point of the MLK holiday

We now "treat it like a day to celebrate King and we ignore the fact that all these other things are going on"

Salon

‘He’d been through the fire’: John Lewis, civil rights giant, remembered

Biographer Raymond Arsenault discusses the man who marched with King, then became the conscience of Congress

The Guardian - US

DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an 1866 civil rights law meant to protect Black people from economic exclusion as a way to challenge corporate diversity and equity policies as well as funding to Black-owned businesses

The Independent UK

DuSable Museum kicks off Martin Luther King Jr. weekend with deeper look at the civil rights icon

During a nearly two-hour talk, author Kevin Powell encouraged attendees to find their own path to advancing equity, while emphasizing the breadth of King’s mission and humanity.

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NFL is out of its league in honoring Martin Luther King

Compared to the NBA, which celebrates the civil rights activist properly (and early), the NFL is sadly fumbling.

The Independent UK

War in Gaza, election factor into some of the many events planned for MLK holiday

As communities nationwide are preparing to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend, some will take a cue from the civil rights icon’s history of protest amid the war in Gaza and a looming presidential election

The Independent UK

Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop's bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder

Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s attempt to overturn his civil rights conviction in the murder of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Elmore Nickleberry, a Memphis sanitation worker who marched with Martin Luther King, has died at 92

Elmore Nickleberry, a longtime Memphis sanitation worker who participated in the pivotal 1968 strike that brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city where the civil rights leader was killed, has died at age 92

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Phoenix seeks to end Justice Department probe of its police department without court supervision

Phoenix has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to end its two-year civil rights investigation of the city’s police department through an agreement in which it would take recommendations for changes from the federal agency but wouldn’t be subject to costly court supervision

The Independent UK

Lawsuit filed against Harvard, accusing it of violating the civil rights of Jewish students

Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of tolerating antisemitism that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted

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Martin Luther King Jr. was once considered 'radical.' Here's how he came to be lauded

As the U.S. celebrates the civil rights icon on MLK Day, here are a few things to know about the holiday honoring the slain activist and his fight against inequality and racial injustice.

Salon

Jonathan Majors' Coretta Scott King miss

Daughter Bernice King had choice words for the actor after he compared his girlfriend to the civil rights activist

Chicago Sun-Times

Activism for diversity and civil rights is needed more than ever in 2024. Claudine Gay’s story is proof.

A new campaign will mobilize support for federal legislation, including the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and other measures, the head of the National Urban League writes.

The Independent UK

Lawyers may face discipline for criticizing a judge's ruling in discrimination case

A father-daughter pair of Florida lawyers may face disciplinary action for speaking out against a judge's ruling in a civil rights case

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects appeal by ex-officer Tou Thao, who held back crowd as George Floyd lay dying

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the federal civil rights conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who held back a concerned crowd while fellow officers pinned down a dying George Floyd

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