speeches Dick Van Dyke re-reads the Rod Serling speech he read at a 1964 MLK civil rights rally Gareth Branwyn

Martin Luther King Jr. It's Martin Luther King, Jr. day in the United States Jennifer Sandlin

elon musk Elon Musk's inability to be funny costs shareholders billions Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Video: Is Stevie Ray Vaughan saying that Jimi Hendrix was murdered? Elías Villoro

art Headless, bodyless sculpture of MLK Jr and Coretta Scott King's arms embracing has people talking Rob Beschizza

music Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

rap Lupe Fiasco to teach at MIT: "Rap is a Lossless Data Compression Algorithm" Elías Villoro

politics Continuing the work of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, challenging racism since the 1960s Elías Villoro

gators Florida special education teacher quits when classroom posters of black heroes are removed from his walls Jason Weisberger

berkeley Check out Malcolm X's interview at Berkeley Devin Nealy

tabloids Miss USA "murdered" and an unrelated Biden "cover-up" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

activism Listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

police Federal judge rules that Columbus police "run amok", orders them to stop using violent tactics against nonviolent protestors Rob Beschizza

music Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "symphony of social justice" David Pescovitz

mlk Listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

LGBTQ Read this powerful essay about mustaches, Blackness, and masculinity. Thom Dunn

us news Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as head of Liberty University Xeni Jardin

fbi Timely trailer for Fred Hampton biopic 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Andrea James

protests How 1988's Akira predicted the chaos of 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn