NewsOne Featured Video Source: Universal History Archive / Getty Jonathan Eig, the bestselling author behind Ali and King, made a shocking discovery this week that could dispel the long-rumored rivalry between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. MORE: 20 Malcolm X Quotes Every Black Person Should Know As he was searching through the Duke University […]
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The End of the Neoliberal Order
Michael: OPEC crisis. So Gary, how did liberalism respond to all of this? It was a pretty tough situation to be in. Gary: The ’70s are a transitional moment in this regard. The Democratic Party is looking for solutions, and they split internally over what to do. One group is grounded in the labor movement, […]
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Happy Birthday! Coretta Scott King Quotes That Will Brighten Your Day
NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bettmann / Getty UPDATED: 4:00 p.m. ET, April 27, 2023 — Coretta Scott King was born on this day in 1927 in Marion, Alabama. Known as the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., she was an activist in her own right who was also a passionate advocate for civil […]
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Biden administration files suit against Tennessee ban on lifesaving care for transgender youth
Biden administration files suit against Tennessee ban on lifesaving care for transgender youth | The Hill Skip to content John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign Trans rights activists march past the state capitol during a news conference by the Human Rights Campaign drawing attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, on Tuesday, Feb. […]
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Remembering Rosa Parks’ Resilience And Resistance In The Face Of Racism
NewsOne Featured Video UPDATED: 12:30 p.m. ET, Feb. 4, 2023 Originally published: Dec. 1, 2017 Rosa Parks, who is befittingly called the “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement” for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, would have celebrated her 110th birthday on Saturday. Born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the […]
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Videos of Police Brutality Against Black People Are a Futile Spectacle in White America
The trauma videos can inflict on Black Americans is well documented. From this perspective, the videos are problematic reminders of the threat of violence that underwrites Black life. On the other hand, a case has been made that videos of police shootings have an evidentiary function in that they help illuminate the ubiquity of police […]
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