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Democracy Now Televises MLK Speeches on US Foreign Policy and Civil Rights (video)
While broadcast television virtually ignored the federal holiday Martin Luther King Day, choosing to stick with regularly scheduled fare over more…
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Business
MLK Monument Made in China
Would slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. have approved of the monument to him unveiled last week on Washington…
News
US Protesters Seek End of War, Focus on Racism, Poverty
Thousands lined Malcolm X Boulevard Aug. 13 to join the “Millions March” demonstration against the “kinetic action” in Libya and what…
Politics
CA Prison Hunger Strike Enters Third Week
Thousands of inmates in at least 13 prisons across California’s troubled prison system have been on hunger strike for about two…
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D.C. Uses Firemen to Police Urban Areas
D.C. authorities, responding to what they call the need to prevent crime from “bubbling” up in urban areas, have enlisted the…
Lifestyle
NY Legalizes Gay Marriage: Protests Continue
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers marched on Sunday to celebrate the state’s new law legalizing same-sex marriages. New York Gov.…