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James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Chicago Police Claim Mass Arresting DNC Protesters Are ‘Last Resort.’ What Does History Say?
HuffPost via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoWith the city's documented history of violent responses to mass protests, activists and civil rights...
Joan Baez: ‘It feels good to have changed the world’
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoINTERVIEW: At 83, the trailblazing singer and civil rights activist is publishing her first collection of poetry. She talks to Kevin E G Perry about the...
Dolores Huerta and LaToya Ruby Frazier on Finding Their Purpose
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo Style Singapore· 2 months agoAn Activist and Artist on Finding Their PurposeLeft: © LaToya Ruby Frazier 2023. Image courtesy the...
Mistrust, fights and blood sport: How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 election
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoAmericans want to forget about COVID-19, but fallout from the pandemic is shaping voter attitudes...
Columbia University protests look increasingly like those in 1968 as police storm campuses...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoThe police have regularly been called in to squelch student protests over the past century. Michael...
The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America
Time via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoUTLA teachers protest outside Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Los Angeles Wednesday, October 19,...
When Martin Luther King Jr. came to L.A., only one white politician was willing to greet him
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoThe moment between King and L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn remains important in the minds of...
Column: Even at 90 and with deteriorating eyesight, Willie Brown's political vision remains...
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoFormer Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who just turned 90, has cemented...