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In The End Even This Gridlocked Congress Must Function

President Obama shown with Speaker Boehner. Columnist believes Congress may still accomplish something As I speak to people about the Congress, one question arises ...

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Marching on DC: Voting Rights, Racial Justice and Climate Action

Dr. King cared about our earth and destruction of our environment [Future Hope]   “On April 4, 1967, exactly a year before he was ...

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Washington Tribute To Bayard Rustin, Prime Organizer Of March On Washington

[March On Washington: Tribute]   The American Federation of Teachers, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Service Employees International Union and the National Black ...

Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy: Jobs, Livable Wages, Decent Education and Global Peace

[The Dream: 50th Anniversary Celebration] In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic ...

50 Years AFter Dream: Zimmerman And Other Injustices Should Inspire US To Strive Harder

[Op-Ed: National] It is hard to believe that 50 years have passed since the fateful March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King seized ...

Did Florida Throw The Zimmerman Case? Travesty Needs Full Review

Did Prosecutor Angela Corey throw the Zimmerman case? [Speaking Truth To Power] Over a month ago, a historic miscarriage of justice occurred which uncovered ...

CNN’s Don Lemon has no idea what Black Culture is

[Commentary] Onaje Allan Gumbs’ response to an article entitled, “CNN’s Don Lemon Sides With Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Says Black Culture is to Blame ...

Zimmerman Aftermath: “Stand Your Economic Ground” Campaign Emerges In Black Communities

Bob Law In the aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, leading Black activists and clergy ...

Economic Justice: Labor Must Step Foward To Reclaim Dr. King’s Dream

Reclaiming the Dream [50th Anniversary March On Washington] On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to ...

March On Washington: Dr. King’s Dream And Obama’s Realpolitik

[The View From Washington] “Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s ...