King Papers Taken Off Auction Block, but Controversy Continues
“In a highly critical Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Taylor Branch questioned the wisdon of a nonprofit coalition of Atlanta residents that is going to spend $32 million for the Martin Luther King Papers, and move them to Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta and King’s alma mater? Why might this move be problematic and/or positive?
The Rise of the Super Rich
While the wealthiest Americans are growing ever richer and benefitting greatly from many of our government’s economic policies, is the rest of the nation is being left behind?
Have average American’s forgotten
Have average American’s forgotten about the devastated Gulf Coast, particularly New Orleans? What will the long-term effects of the massive devastation and displacement in New Orleans be? Does the severe and disproportionate impact on African Americans and poor people in New Orleans constitute a need for what scholar and activist Robin D.G. Kelley calls “another reconstruction”?