Tag Archives: Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech: The Forgotten Half

The passage of time has only heightened the urgency of Martin Luther King’s sobering message. We present the parts almost never quoted.

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Gun Deaths: An American Prophet

On gun deaths, Americans knew what needed doing half a century ago.

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Alternate History: Had King Lived

Imagining the America and the World that Martin Luther King could have built.

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By the Numbers: Time’s Person of the Year

Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year for 2013. How many other non-Americans have been honored?

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The American Boulevard of Stolen Dreams: Part I — 1945-1980s

Why has the American Dream slipped out of the reach of more and more of the middle class?

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