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Especially in dark times, and after a police shooting, the message on MLK Day rings true.
Opinion

Especially in dark times, and after a police shooting, the message on MLK Day rings true.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 20, 2026

Sara Rubin here, still riding high on the uplifting tone of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day gathering in Seaside, where speakers did not s…

Today we honor a civil rights leader—and are tested in how we continue his legacy.
Opinion

Today we honor a civil rights leader—and are tested in how we continue his legacy.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 19, 2026

Sara Rubin here, remembering back to the way I learned about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. As a child, I understood—wrongly—that his wo…

A series of events take place to honor – and learn from – the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Arts & Culture

A series of events take place to honor – and learn from – the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 15, 2026

When we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr., we admire his ability to steadily lead a peaceful and successful protest, even through an act of vio…

Today we celebrate freedom, and also the work that still remains.
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Today we celebrate freedom, and also the work that still remains.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jun 19, 2025

Happy Juneteenth. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. sparked a generation of dreamers — it’s time for us to follow through.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. sparked a generation of dreamers — it’s time for us to follow through.

  • Liyah Jacks
  • Jan 18, 2024

Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I shared this powerful quote of his: “If you cannot fly, then run. If you cannot run, then walk. If …

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Freedom Budget, aiming to abolish poverty, deserves renewed attention today.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Freedom Budget, aiming to abolish poverty, deserves renewed attention today.

  • John Nichols
  • Jan 20, 2022

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warned in an essay written shortly before his assassination on April 4, 1968, that turbulence and anxiety in a…

How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.
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How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 16, 2017

It appeared Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, was hiding something.

A day in the life of the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March in Seaside.
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A day in the life of the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March in Seaside.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 17, 2017

It was a beautiful day for a walk. Not too cold, not too hot. It was a day made for walking. Add the fact that it was the 31st Annual Martin L…

Obama talks to a presidential biographer and scholar about his legacy.
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Obama talks to a presidential biographer and scholar about his legacy.

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Jan 12, 2017

Last year, Barack Obama invited the presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to the White House for a long, personal, open-ended conversati…

One bartender's secret life as an author of cosmic murder mysteries.
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One bartender's secret life as an author of cosmic murder mysteries.

  • Gabriela Joseph
  • Dec 19, 2016

The prose is as striking as it is surprising.

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