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VIDEO: The Story of the Common Good Originally Posted: 04/04/2013 - 1:50pm | Type: Blog: I invite you to watch this short video, and to engage in the discussion as we move forward, toward our common good. Years ago, I tutored inner-city kids from my Washington, D.C., ...
Why We Can't Wait Originally Posted: 03/12/2013 - 9:39am | Type: Blog: It’s been 50 years since several significant events of the civil rights movement of the 1960s occurred, yet our society is still plagued with systemic racism. It’s been almost 150 years since we abolished slav ...
From Selma to Syria: The Power of Song in Nonviolent Resistance Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: How should music rank among the ever-growing list of time-tested nonviolent methods such as boycotts, marches, strikes, sit-ins, and vigils? http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ ...
Remembering the Real, Radical Martin Luther King Originally Posted: 09/01/2011 - 1:35pm | Type: Blog: "I had no idea Martin Luther King was a radical!" These shocked words were spoken to me this weekend after an activist training I'd been running in Sydney. "I ...
Our Persistent Reach for the American Dream Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: We set aside a national holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because he welded an ethos of agape love onto the founding principles of the United States. We set aside a nati ...
Beck: Calling Obama Racist was 'Stupid,' 'Ignorant' Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: The night before Glenn Beck's rally in Washington last month, Beck visited the studio where host Joe Madison does his XM radio show. The night before Glenn Beck's rally ...
Reclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy: Rejecting the Cup of Bitterness of Hate Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Last weekend, the nation had an opportunity to reflect, commemorate, and celebrate the March on Washington and Dr. Last weekend, the n ...
Celebrating MLK's Dream Amidst Controversy: A Photo Essay Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/08/31/celebrating-mlks-dream-amidst-controversy-a-photo-essay/"></a>"I have a dream " I have a ...
Friday Links Round-Up Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="/sites/default/files/images/View_of_Crowd_at_1963_March_on_Washington.jpg"></a>Jon Stewart on Ground Zero. Revisiting the Lower Ninth Ward. The March on Washington. Here ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Social Justice Christian Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: This coming Saturday, August 28 will mark the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream Speech." Glenn Beck has chosen this d ...
The Legacy of Martin Luther King: From 1963 to 2010 Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="/sites/default/files/images/100826_MLK.jpg"></a>[Editor's Note: In anticipation of the anniversary of the March on Washington on ...
The Legacy of Martin Luther King: A Watering Hole Moment Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: [Editor's Note: In anticipation of the anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, God& ...
The Legacy of Martin Luther King: Making Real the Promises of Democracy Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: [Editor's Note: In anticipation of the anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, God's Politics will featur ...
Why August 28 Matters (It's Not About Glenn Beck) Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: On August 28, 1963 the mastermind of the historic <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/march-on-washington/">March on Washington</a>, A. On August 28, 1963 the ...
Glenn Beck Co-opting the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: I am grieved and angry that Glenn Beck is going to be on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28 (the anniversary of the historic civil rights March on Washington on August 28, 1963) -- and ...
Shirley Sherrod's True Revelation Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: The controversy over the injustice done to Shirley Sherrod, the African-American woman whose comments on <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/race/">race</a> were taken out of context, misre ...
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height: A Servant Leader Among Us Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: In an age when many leaders desperately seek their 15 minutes of YouTube fame, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was celebrated by presidents and everyday citizens alike for being the rarest of all humans -- ...
A New March on Washington Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/Immigration-Reform-March-for/11589736_fEmWi#816712604_FVFqL"></a>March 21, 2010: With crowd turnout twice the expec ...
What Does the Civil Rights Movement Have to Do With Me? Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:33am | Type: Blog: This weekend I have the privilege of representing <a href="http://www.sojo.net/magazine">Sojourners magazine</a> at the annual <a title="Faith and Politics In ...
50 Years Later: From a Sit-in to a Civil Rights Museum Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: On Feb. 1, 1960, four African-American students sat down at the "whites-only" lunch counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina. As I child, I was told by my late fathe ...
46 Years and Counting: What Happened to the Dream? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: Forty-six years ago, on Aug. 28, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood and gave the <a href="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm">"I Have a Dream" ...
Markets, Morality, and the Common Good Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Not long ago, those who demonized government and preached the go ...
Speeches are Fine, but Real Change Takes a Movement Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: It was a warm spring afternoon when Martin Luther King addressed tens of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the largest gathering to date in the growing struggle for civil rights.< ...

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