| Jan 10, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis January marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 95th birthday. Nearly a century after the late civil rights leader’s birth, it’s a good time to reflect on the work still to be done. Just over 60 years ago, in his famous “I Have A Dream” speech at...
| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s now been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. At the rally, Dr. King famously proclaimed that all people, Black as well as white, have a “promissory note” from their...
| Jan 11, 2023 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyEvery year, the arrival of the Martin Luther King holiday calls us to pause and reflect on Dr. King’s legacy. And every year, I’m struck by the same thing: as sincere as we are in our reverence for Dr. King, we keep learning the wrong lessons not just from his life...
| Feb 2, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” It’s true — Black...
| Jan 12, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Joe Biden’s recent visit to Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s hometown, focused national attention on a somber fact: the legacy of the civil rights movement is threatened by recent and ongoing attacks on voting rights. Sitting on the campus of Morehouse...
