Social Justice
Social Justice
Opinion
Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Culture of Defeat
Feb 8, 2024 Trump may be nothing but a symptom of the greater disease but we must steel ourselves for further decline whether he wins or loses.
Race
It’s Time to Make MLK’s Dream a Reality
Jan 15, 2024 King’s lifetime saw substantial economic progress for Black Americans, but in our century progress has slowed to a crawl.
Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK
Feb 28, 2020 A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left.American Civil Rights Institute Rescinds Angela Davis Honor
Jan 8, 2019 Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin cites complaints from the Jewish community, as black activists call for leadership changes and protests.
Chicago Could Blow if Laquan McDonald’s Killer Walks
Oct 3, 2018 Decades of segregation and brutal policing have turned the city into one giant powder keg, leading activists to fear for the worst.U.S. Reopens Probe Into 1955 Slaying of Emmett Till
Jul 12, 2018 The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March that it has new information about the brutal murder of the black teenager in Mississippi that helped inspire the civil rights movement.
Bill Cosby’s Confused Notions of ‘Responsibility’
May 7, 2018 Black America should have denounced the comedian long ago.Poll: Blacks Think Civil Rights Goals Not Achieved
Mar 30, 2018 Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., only 1 in 10 African-Americans think the U.S. has achieved the goals of the civil rights movement he led.Robert Scheer: MLK Has Been Portrayed as an Innocuous, Benign Figure. He Wasn’t That at All. (Audio)
Apr 6, 2017 On KPFK's "This Is Happening," Truthdig's editor in chief discusses King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech, an address partly inspired by a Ramparts magazine piece published when Scheer was editor there.
50 Years Later, a Speech by King Has Lessons for a President
Apr 6, 2017 As the Trump administration attempts to swell the Pentagon budget and gut social programs, Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Beyond Vietnam" speech remains chillingly relevant.