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Bayard Rustin: The gay union organizer who helped MLK change the world

April 5, 2018 By Shellea Allen And Tim Schlittner

As America observes the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, there is one name you may not hear: Bayard Rustin.

Alon-Lee Green: Young Israeli organizes baristas while fighting the occupation

April 5, 2018 By Grace Gleason

His advice to young activists: It is almost always worthwhile to become involved in grassroots campaigns, even if success appears unlikely.

An interview with the striking Memphis sanitation workers of 1968

April 5, 2018 By Jonita Davis

Three surviving workers who took part in the 1968 strike connect their fight for dignity and justice to the struggles of today.

MLK’s economic ‘radicalism’ embraced at massive march and rally in Memphis

April 4, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

There was a call to register and vote in 2018 to remove the “exploiters” in the White House and the Congress.

“Militarized” police disaster training program to end after this year

April 4, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

Opponents charge that it trains law enforcement in military-style repression and criminalization of black, brown, indigenous and undocumented communities.