Speaking of urban India, sociologist Saskia Sassen aptly describes the emerging segregation pattern of metropolitan Atlanta: “Our cities will, in good part, become two cities: one for the privileged (and we will see more green space in these areas) and the other for the poor who have no gated community to go to.”
2014 was a year filled with pain and promise in the African world, from the continual brutality of Boka Haram, to the inspiring movement for racial justice in the United…
President Obama kicked off what he refers to as “the fourth quarter” of his presidency with a State of the Union address that detailed a pragmatic progressive agenda with the potential to influence much of this year’s DC wrangling and all of next year’s presidential race.
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in US history. It also has marked a renewed push by the proponents of corporate education reform to dismantle public education in what they persist in referring to as the great “civil rights issue of our time.”
If you want a better idea about what Ben Carson sees as the driving force behind his presidential campaign-in-waiting…
Warren Buffett explained the secret to addressing a lot of the economic challenges facing the United States during President Obama’s first term.
Martin Luther King Jr. had more than “a dream,” but you might not notice that on Monday during observances for his birthday.
Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice.
As he is rightly honored every year, it’s easy to forget that Dr. King was once reviled as a Communist and a threat to America. John Avlon on why the old attacks are a warning for today’s politicians.
One could make the case that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most significant American of the 20th century. He is only the third American whose birthday is commemorated as a federal holiday, a distinction not even granted Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, or FDR.
Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning and noticeably absent from almost every major category was the civil rights biopic Selma, which tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. for equal voting rights.
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