Barack and Hillary Remember MLK

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2008 Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama honored the late, great Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday with a couple of refreshingly fresh speeches. Be sure to give them a listen. There are some truly wonderful moments of rhetorical homage to one of the great orators of all time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Remembering Martin Luther King

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2008 "Men, for years now, have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today." -- Martin Luther King Jr. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Dream Ticket

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 17, 2008 Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama on the same ticket? Nutty? Maybe, but consider: The combination of two of the campaign's key narratives could be politically potent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2008 In case you missed this weekend's fireworks, Hillary Clinton went on "Meet the Press" and accused the Obama campaign of, among other things, distorting her Martin Luther King Jr comments and agitating racial tension Barack Obama dismissed the accusation as "ludicrous," because, he said, he hadn't even commented on Clinton's remarks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Coretta Scott King Closely Tracked by FBI

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2007 Under J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI kept close tabs on Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King -- which isn't exactly startling news, except for the detail that the agency's surveillance intensified after her husband's assassination in 1968. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Imus Distraction

James Harris / Truthdig Apr 17, 2007 Truthdig's resident analyst of racial politics argues that the firing of Don Imus will not alleviate the more pressing problems plaguing the black community. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer and James Harris on the Democratic Spine, MLK Day, Oakland and More

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2007 Is Pelosi too soft on Bush? Is there more to Martin Luther King Day than shopping? How do you save Oakland? Plus: crossing party lines to oppose the war and more, all on this week's podcast with Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer and James Harris. Dig deeper

Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘A Society Gone Mad on War’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2007 During the Vietnam War, Dr. King referred to our nation's government as "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." Now that we find ourselves mired in another senseless conflict, our soldiers in harm's way and more and more among us suffering from the tyranny of poverty, we turn once again to the wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King Jr. on the Villainy of War

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 As we prepare to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday, on the holiday Dick Cheney opposed, Code Pink reminds us that stirring words still resonate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Lies and Audiotape

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 A year before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. called America the "greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." His comments and actions made him the object of a massive, FBI-led audio surveillance program into his sex life. Check out our multimedia assemblage in Uncovered. | entry Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Blair Golson / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 Back in 1968, it wasn't the Fox network but Time and the Washington Post that branded war critics as fifth columnists. Also, read about an illegal wiretap operation that makes today's version look downright cordial. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )