U.S.
Warning from Memphis: U.S. still far from Dr. King’s promised land
April 4, 2018“It’s a call to action, to fight poverty, state by state, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block – a call to action to get to the promised land."
Read more
Taming MLK’s radical legacy in the fight against white supremacy
April 3, 2018To win the iconic status that King deserved, he had to be domesticated. The memory of King railing against economic injustice and denouncing the Vietnam War faded into an unthreatening idealism.
Read more
This week in history: Saugus Iron Works, 50 years a National Historic Site
April 3, 2018On April 5, 1968, the Saugus Iron Works was added to the National Park Service system and renamed the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site.
Read more
At IAM2018, King’s legacy is civil rights and labor action
April 2, 2018“This work is important not just in the history of the civil rights movement, but in the world,” declared Mayor Jim Strickland in an opening remark.
Read more
Trump individual income tax cut: $89 a day for the 1 percent; 11 cents a day for the poor
April 2, 2018The bottom 20 percent of taxpayers will get an average tax cut next year of $40 when they file their tax returns next year, covering 2018. They’re the folks making $20,000 or less.
Read more