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Sixty Years After the March on Washington

Lara Witt / Prism Reports Aug 29, 2023 Workers continue the fight sixty years after the March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

May Day: Thousands March for Immigrants Across the U.S. (Multimedia)

Haley Winters / Truthdig May 1, 2017 Take a look at Truthdig's coverage of Monday's demonstration in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The American Dilemma: Slavery to Race to Class

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Aug 30, 2013 The power of historians and of the press is that they get to choose which events will be remembered and which fade into obscurity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

By Ariel Dorfman, TomDispatch Aug 29, 2013 So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. So much -- and yet so little. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Neutered Message of the March on Washington

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 27, 2013 "Based upon the speeches during the main portion of today’s events there can be little doubt that the Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of his life," The Nation's Dave Zirin wrote of Saturday's March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Big Trouble in Little Antelope Valley

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 26, 2013 In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals of jobs and freedom.In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of MLK’s goals of jobs and freedom. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Demonstrators Converge on D.C. to Commemorate Civil Rights Anniversary

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2013 On a march from the National Mall to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Saturday, tens of thousands of people honored the work of those who marched on Washington, D.C., 50 years ago in the struggle for civil rights and pledged that the goal "included equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled," The Associated Press reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Syrian Quagmire, Pfc. Manning and College Costs

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning's future in prison and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Dream Did Not Come Free

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 22, 2013 We forget that the majestically peaceful assemblage that moved a nation came in the wake of brutal resistance to civil rights and equality. And that there would be more to come. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Resilient Minority Wage Gap

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 29, 2013 At the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" almost 50 years ago, black leaders called for "decent housing, adequate and integrated education, a federal jobs program for full employment, and a national minimum wage of more than $13 an hour in today’s dollars." Greg Kaufmann at The Nation tells us how far we've failed to come. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )