Obama Releases Moving MLK Tribute Video

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2018 The former president discusses MLK's legacy with John Lewis and a group of high school students in a video issued by the Obama Foundation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

MLK’s ‘Poor People’s Campaign’ Rekindled

ADRIAN SAINZ / The Associated Press Apr 3, 2018 Civil rights leaders plan 40 days of marches, sit-ins and other peaceful protests to demand better homes, jobs and education for those in poverty. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

King’s Final Speech to Be Read Aloud in Boston

The Associated Press Apr 2, 2018 The event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil rights icon's assassination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Student Survivors of Massacre Teach the Country a Lesson

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Mar 1, 2018 The NRA could have predicted yet another school shooting, but not the immediate and unrelenting response of the student survivors. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump’s Roundup of Immigrant Leaders Has Begun

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 18, 2018 The detention of prominent immigrant-rights organizers suggests a concerted effort by the administration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Not a Racist

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Jan 17, 2018 Dig deeper

What Africa Taught the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 15, 2018 On a 1957 trip to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain, King and his wife, Coretta, learned the sordid story of colonial oppression. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Racial Firestorm Surrounds Trump at MLK Holiday

ERRIN HAINES WHACK / The Associated Press Jan 14, 2018 The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a controversy of his own making. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Jan 13, 2018 Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign Reborn

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 11, 2018 A new coalition forms to advance the civil rights leader's call for “a radical redistribution of economic and political power.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brother-in-Law of Martin Luther King Dies at 83

The Associated Press Dec 31, 2017 Isaac Newton Farris Sr. was a founding member of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: MLK Has Been Portrayed as an Innocuous, Benign Figure. He Wasn’t That at All. (Audio)

BLANK 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )