Since its enactment in 1986, I’ve attended numerous Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorations. Nearly all have been disappointing. Few speakers demonstrate knowledge of the foremost leader of the ...

Dr. King stood with the oppressed, against the systems of power that seek to crush them. If we are to honor his legacy, we must stand where he stood — on the side of justice, truth and liberation.

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.

Only by engaging with the most challenging aspects of King's legacy — his critique of economic inequality, his call for systemic change, his demand for radical transformation — can we hope to ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the first celebration in 1986, M. Carl Holman, president of the ...

Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...

Before you settle into your federally mandated day of action (or day of chillin,’ if that’s your groove), allow me to bestow ...

In a powerful conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Cat Brooks, co-founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP), and artist Chris Burger to ...