Martin Luther King

Alexei Navalny and his wife Yuliastand are shown wearing face masks and standing next to each other with a mobile phone also showing them in the near ground.

Poisoned opposition leader Navalny arrested in Moscow; Migrants stopped in Guatemala; Bobi Wine’s opposition party rejects Museveni win

January 18, 2021Top of The World

A judge in Russia has ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny be jailed for 30 days. And, a large group of migrants from Honduras headed to the US were violently met with tear gas and batons early Sunday as they tried to make their way through Guatemala. Also, Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine and his party have dismissed the elections results as “fraud.”

Several people including a man wearing a purple suit, look on at the stone monument for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Georgia at a crossroads: ‘A black woman as governor in a southern state? That speaks powers.’

November 5, 2018Global Politics

Listen to some of the songs that topped the charts around the world in 1968

August 10, 2018Commentary

My Brother's Keeper, print by artist Watson Mere

This Haitian American artist’s image of MLK hushing Trump goes viral again

January 15, 2018Arts

‘Power in numbers’ is more than a phrase — it’s a vital part of social change

March 16, 2015Justice

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Are African immigrants African American?

January 19, 2015Culture

An upcoming documentary sheds light on the identities of African immigrants and African Americans — and the tensions between them.

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Medgar Evers, a NAACP field secretary and civil rights activist, was shot in the back at his home in 1963. The murder is considered a turning point in the Civil Rghts movement, in part thanks to the artists who used his name as a rallying cry. Fifty years later, we remember Evers through the music he inspired.

Viral video mashups play prominent role in campaign cycle

August 15, 2013Global Politics

In this election cycle, there’s been no shortage of memes. Binders full of women, horses and bayonets, and many others. Often, those memes play out in videos on YouTube, which have totally changed the election conversation.

Iranian Jew touts deep ties between Jews and Iran

August 15, 2013

An Iranian Jewish author said if their two peoples just better appreciated the ties that they share in history, the ways Iran has helped and welcomed Jews for centuries, the two countries wouldn’t be so close to a violent confrontation. Thousand of Jews still call Iran home today.

Malcolm X interview

August 15, 2013Global Politics

In a 1960s interview, Malcolm X talks passionately about the deep roots of segregation and condemns Martin Luther King’s methods.

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