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Harry Belafonte, groundbreaking activist and entertainer, dies at 96

Mr. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, a representative said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

The Guardian - UK

Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day

Alabama and Mississippi closed government offices on Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to abolish or rename Confederate holidays

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh international festival draws on MLK with themes of hope and community

Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater and Budapest Festival Orchestra among performers named in lineup

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Mookhey: best way to fix the rental crisis is to build, new NSW treasurer says

Faced with a housing crisis and concerns over energy and living costs, the 40-year-old says he’s open to other people’s ideas

The Guardian - AU

House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches has been sold to a historical museum in Michigan and will be moved to a site near Detroit for preservation

The Independent UK

A look at Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's 'common ground' approach in one of the nation's most politically divided states

PHILADELPHIA — On an unusually warm morning in late March, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's convoy of black SUVs followed a winding gravel road down to a ninth-generation family farm in Lancaster County.

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The path to universal health care

Universal health care is the norm in almost every other wealthy country. What's stopping us from doing it here?

Salon

In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement

In barely two weeks, two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence

The Independent UK

Rutgers strike shows rising militancy

While beltway Democrats push their party toward the middle, the labor movement is willing to disrupt the status quo

Salon

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

Remembering MLK amid infectious greed

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

Salon

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

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas campaign down to the wire in ‘most important election in a generation’

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas ended the final weekend of the race by fanning out across the city, from a Dungeons and Dragons-themed bar in Avondale to churches around the South and West sides.

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The Conversation

MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths

The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968.

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: The Nashville shooting shows what the 2nd Amendment was not meant to protect

Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew nothing would change.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rev. Al Sharpton joins Brandon Johnson at get-out-the-vote rally in West Garfield Park

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson were invited to the rally. Sharpton didn’t endorse Johnson, but he told the crowd to ‘let the record show who showed up’ to the event.

Reason

'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."

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The Conversation

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 Guardian - US

‘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

Tribune News Service

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…

The Conversation

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

LOS ANGELES — Pastor Edward Jenkins startled awake.

Kiplinger

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

Is the Stock Market Open on Martin Luther King Day?

Both the stock and bond markets will be closed this Monday in honor of civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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