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This Haunting Short Film Is a Meditation on American Violence
I'm Short, Not Stupid presents Terry Rayment's chilling short film set to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's "The Mindless Menace of Violence" speech.
Teacher Moves to Sue the City of Seattle After a Cop Pepper Sprayed Him at an MLK Rally
Video shows Jesse Hagopian walking away from the peaceful rally while on his mobile phone when the incident occurred.
Martin Luther King, Technology Critic
This year, protesters around the nation sought to #ReclaimMLK. In the process, they brought his ideas on technology, science, and the future to the fore.
MLK and 'One-Eyed Jacks'
I learned of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination from a cab driver in Kansas City.
A St. Louis Suburb Is America's Latest Racial Hotspot
The police killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked looting and riots Sunday night and clashes with police on Monday.
The Dream of Just Copyright
Martin Luther King couldn't have imagined what another set of laws would mean for the spreading of his ideas on the internets.
Meet the New President, Same as the Old President
If you’re still feeling warm and fuzzy about our president four years into his term, you’ve been living in a very different world than I have. Obama turned out to be a politician constrained by all sorts of circumstances beyond his control, and not...
Learn Manners, History, and the Secrets of Auto-Tune the News
Find out how the Gregory Brothers and Auto-Tune the News became such a success, learn how to be a gentlemen from a bearded blowhard, and see how much New Yorkers really know about Martin Luther King, Jr.
What Occupy Wall Street Thinks About What Obama Thinks About What MLK Really Thought
On Sunday, President Obama made a speech at the inauguration of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial that referenced the protests on Wall Street. The backlash on Republican blogs was predictable; one ran the headline, "“Obama Uses MLK Memorial Speech...
The Copyright Nightmare of "I Have a Dream"
If you weren't alive to witness Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" "speech":http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mlk01.asp on the Washington Mall 48 years ago this week, you might try to switch on the old YouTube and dial it up. But you won't...
Autotune the King
If you haven't heard Martin Luther King, Jr.'s April 1968 speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop," in Memphis, autotuned by "the Gregory Brothers":http://motherboard.tv/2010/5/19/how-i-got-famous-on-the-internetz-david-after-dentist-keyboard-cat-mahir...