Each saw the expansion of rights as key to their national ambitions, writes a noted historian. For LBJ, it was civil rights; for Biden, it was abortion.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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How to Get From Bravery to Victory
A former war correspondent sees the civil rights movement as a kind of military campaign—and helps us envision how to win the current war for democracy.
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The Greatness and Humility of Bob Moses
Remembering a civil rights hero.
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The White Evangelical Christians’ Revisionist Civil Rights History
Some of their leaders are trying to rewrite their roles in major historical moments.
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How Protesters Responded to Trump’s Exercise in Domination
By singing and dancing, these magnificent young people are showing that they will not be intimidated.
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All We Need to Know in the Trump Era We Learned in Kindergarten
We need a reminder in this country about the basic concepts of right and wrong, truth and lies, hate and love.
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Fear Is a Critical Ingredient For Any Authoritarian Leader
When fear falls victim to hope, ‘all hell breaks loose.’
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The Historical Precedent of Trotting Out the Bible to Justify Oppression
Attorney General Sessions aligned himself with a host of deplorably racist practices.
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Mainstream Media, Stop the Free Publicity for Killers
You know, we really don’t need to know his name. It is long past time for American print, broadcast and cable entities to agree to implement a firm policy of not naming the perpetrators of mass murder similar to the modern-era St. Valentine’s Day massacre in Parkland, Florida. Giving free publicly to these natural-born killers […]
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The Government Shutdown Began November 8, 2016
Let’s face it: it’s not the Trump Shutdown, it’s the People’s Shutdown. The 62 million people who decided to turn the United States into a shithole country by electing Donald Trump fourteen months ago deserve the blame for the disorder and chaos in the District of Columbia. There is no logic or basis to the […]
