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Heather McGhee thought about changing the name of the progressive think tank Demos when he became its president in 2014. The name sounded stuffy. Few people knew what the ancient Greek word meant. "People always ask if it stands for something or if...

Letter from a Birmingham Jail In his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr.  explained justice in a way his civil rights movement successors don’t seem to comprehend. 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen...

August 28, 1963 was a high-water mark for the civil rights movement: the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Two goals of the march were to end segregation laws and secure voting rights for all regardless of race, as promised by the fourteenth...

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette This is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future. Find the past "On This Day in History" here. April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap...

Ali Abunimah's new book explains why the struggle for Palestinian human rights is closely linked to the struggle for human rights at home. The following is an adapted excerpt from The Battle For Justice In Palestine. Copyright © 2014 by Ali Abunimah...