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Marlon Brando's lifelong advocacy celebrated by Erin Brockovich, Martin Luther King III, Ellen Burstyn and other global public figures
On April 3, 2024, the world celebrated the 100th birthday of Marlon Brando, one of Hollywood's most legendary actors and a passionate advocate for human rights, animal welfare and environmental ...
Cornel West named as Morehouse College commencement speaker
Dr. Cornel West will be the keynote speaker for commencement ceremony at Morehouse College, where he will also receive an ...
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Who is Columbia’s Mohsen Mahdawi? Not the threat the US says, associates say.
The student leader championed peace in Israel and Gaza and pushed back at antisemitism on campus, according to close ...
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Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans
Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agency’s ...
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MLK Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South w/ Jeanne Theoharis
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...
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MLK’s Famous Letter Changed a DC Church
A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...
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2025 Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Social Justice awards honor Prescott homeless prevention agency and local activist/author
In a festive atmosphere of music, food, videos and quotes from famous civil rights and social justice leaders, about 100 ...
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Family of Martin Luther King hits back at Le Pen for comparing struggles
The family of Dr Martin Luther King have criticised far-right leader Marine Le Pen for comparing her ban from running in the ...