“We recommend that the City of Tulsa establish a government sanctioned task-force or commission to establish and implement the terms of a reparations program,” the report concluded. By Deon Osborne,…
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post — A Republican presidential primary campaign that has often focused on issues of race — Donald Trump’s “poisoning the blood” rhetoric, Ron DeSantis’s slavery curriculum…
South Africa may have given the World Court a way out of ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and must halt its attacks, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria,…
By Nayaba Arinde, Our Time Press — A snowstorm swept through New York City on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 15th, 2024, as news broke of the passing…
By Trevor Smith — In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the 50th anniversary of the National Urban League titled “The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness,” where he…
America owes Black Americans much more than economic restitution. By Marcus Anthony Hunter, The Daily Beast — As we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we must reflect and act…
This Martin Luther King Day, the legendary Civil Rights leader’s call for reparations is as pressing as ever with the fight for redress picking up steam across the US. By…
We now “treat it like a day to celebrate King and we ignore the fact that all these other things are going on”. By Chauncey DeVega, Salon — Dr. Martin…
Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the limits of human rights. By Nesrine Malik, The Guardian…
The conflict that ripped the country apart 160 years ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue. By Toluse Olorunnipa, The Washington Post — What started with a single question from…
January 15, 2024 MLK Day Edition of Vantage Point — Host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined by special guest Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Executive Director, Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL. Topic: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King “A Time to Break Silence”.
By Kali Holloway, AlterNet — The Martin Luther King Jr. who is cynically trotted out every time racial unrest erupts in our cities is the MLK who can be conveniently…