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Inside lost funeral home filled with OPEN coffins and decaying hearse

Images from the Alabama location show expensive coffins left open and hearses that are past their prime - another shot shows the mortician's area complete with make-up and flesh restorer

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

Remembering MLK amid infectious greed

King saw the labor movement as essential — and the No. 1 labor issue is the predatory healthcare system

Salon · Apr 5, 2023

America has yet to learn that racial unity is key to fighting poverty

If you ever forget the logic of King’s strategy, just pull out a $1 bill and turn it over. It’s right there in the Great Seal of the United States: E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 3, 2023

'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."

Reason · Mar 26, 2023

Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn't been good – and that's not bad for art that shatters conventions

As an acclaimed photographer and conceptual artist, Hank Willis Thomas has grown accustomed to criticisms of his unconventional art and concepts of identity.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2023

‘He was certainly a racist’: J Edgar Hoover and a history of white nationalism

A new book looks back at the long-serving FBI director’s devotion to keeping America a white Christian republic and the devastating effect he had

The Guardian - US · Mar 21, 2023

Why Seattle schools are hinging student success on Black male achievement

SEATTLE — During a math lesson on dividing decimals at Hawthorne Elementary School, 11-year-old Imran Ali said the material didn't click for him until his fifth grade teacher taught it using felt blocks. It was easier, he said, to count out real-life objects instead of grappling with abstract numbers in…

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

Why I use 'The Boondocks' TV cartoon show to teach a course about race

Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023

Arson fire destroyed a Black LA church last fall. 'We shall rise from the ashes' — but how?

LOS ANGELES — Pastor Edward Jenkins startled awake.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2023

Are the Banks Open on Martin Luther King Day?

MLK Day is almost here, which has many folks wondering if the banks are open on Monday, January 19.

Kiplinger · Jan 10, 2023