black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

surveillance FBI honors MLK Jr. Day by celebrating man they gaslit, surveilled, tried to drive to suicide Thom Dunn

wilcock JOHN WILCOCK: George Wallace, the KKK, and the 1965 Selma Freedom Marches Ethan Persoff

music Listen to this deep house mix of MLK, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" (1989) David Pescovitz

civil rights LISTEN: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1964 conversation with Robert Penn Warren Andrea James

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

education After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism David Pescovitz

music This is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "symphony of social justice" David Pescovitz

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

george floyd 'A riot is the language of the unheard.' —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Xeni Jardin

guns A Pittsburgh church held a gun buyback in honor of MLK Day and ran out of money in 40 minutes Thom Dunn

music Listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

books The Internet Archive's massive repository of scanned books will help Wikipedia fight the disinformation wars Cory Doctorow

books Beastie Boys & Run DMC in 'Together Forever,' new Glen E. Friedman photo book Xeni Jardin

star wars "To Boldly Go With The Force", Mindy Clegg's essay on the politics of popular sci-fi Ken Snider

activists Notorious "Fuck the Draft" poster from 1968 up for auction Mark Frauenfelder

elections Joe Biden repeatedly claimed to have marched for civil rights. He didn't. Cory Doctorow

music San Francisco: Kronos Quartet's Kronos Festival 2019, May 30 – June 1 David Pescovitz

anti-vax Measles outbreak sends 800 Washington students home Jason Weisberger

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan