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Martin Luther King called himself a democratic socialist. He believed that America needed a “radical redistribution of economic and political power.” He challenged America’s class system and its racial caste system. He opposed US militarism

August 28 marks the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the mass rally that brought us Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech set the stage for the Voting Rights Act and other civil rights victories in Congress

If we require our progressive and radical heroes to be saints we won't have many people left to admire.

Throughout his adult life, Martin Luther King Jr believed in striking down not only racial apartheid but class exploitation. That twin commitment was embodied in his final effort: the often-forgotten Poor People’s Campaign.

Honoring Dr. King: He concluded by promising that “ending poverty will not just be an aspiration, it will be a theory of change to build a new economy that includes everyone.”

In the early 1960s, Rutha Mae Harris faced armed police as she sang at demonstrations across the US. The voice of the civil rights movement reflects on Martin Luther King, Donald Trump, racism and resilience.