Civil Rights

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Fifty years later: MLK’s continuing story

April 4, 2018 4:00 am

The Rev. Martin Luther King, integration leader, addresses a crowd on a street in Lakeview, New York May 12, 1965. The Nobel Prize winner arrived in the day from Atlanta, Ga., for a whirlwind tour of Nassau County to advance the cause of African Americans in that area.

Opinion

The 50 years since MLK’s assassination

Washington Examiner -

April 4, 2018 4:00 am

Protesters stand Pennsylvania Avenue looking east toward the stage located near the Capitol during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington on Saturday.

News

Martin Luther King’s 9-year-old granddaughter: ‘This should be a gun-free world. Period’

Anna Giaritelli -

March 24, 2018 6:02 pm

In this 2010 photo, a Boeing 787 composite forward fuselage section sits on the factory floor at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas.

Beltway Confidential

Spirit AeroSystems should fire any employees who conspired against a Muslim colleague

Tom Rogan -

March 21, 2018 6:23 pm

Ahmed Mohamed shows the clock he built in a school pencil box to reporters after a news conference in Dallas, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. The family of Ahmed Mohamed, who was arrested after bringing the homemade clock to school, and charged with having a hoax bomb, filed a federal lawsuit against Texas school officials and others, saying they violated the 14-year-old boy's civil rights.

Education

‘Clockboy’ Ahmed Mohamed discrimination lawsuit dismissed

Mandy Mayfield -

March 14, 2018 7:43 pm

Despite a not-short criminal record, late D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is revered by thousands in the city. (screenshot via Associated Press/ABC7)

Beltway Confidential

How do you write an entire article about Marion Barry’s legacy and not once mention the fact he went to federal prison?

Becket Adams -

March 6, 2018 4:47 am

The University of Connecticut is hosting Linda Sarsour, a Muslim-American activist who was a co-chair of the 2017 Women's March, for Women's Month. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Red Alert Politics

UConn to host Linda Sarsour for Women’s HerStory Month event

John Patrick -

March 3, 2018 5:01 am

This week, managers at the giant investment firm PIMCO wrote that the current system of housing finance

Economy

Rising drumbeat for Trump to deal with Fannie and Freddie himself

Joseph Lawler -

February 23, 2018 5:01 am

News

Martin Luther King’s niece slams Omarosa for criticizing Mike Pence’s religious beliefs

Anna Giaritelli -

February 14, 2018 2:13 pm

Close-up of a gender-neutral bathroom sign.

Education

Education Department to cease considering transgender restroom discrimination complaints: Report

Naomi Lim -

February 13, 2018 4:48 am

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