White Liberals Rob Martin Luther King of His Black South Roots

Jan 21, 2019 | Civil Rights, FORusa Feature, MLK, Uncategorized

From my front porch Please celebrate and share with me this story of my people and their son, Martin Luther King. Lord, they done gone and stole our Martin Luther King, our Chile, into a materialist so much that we hardly know him or see ourselves. On this day as we...

University of Rochester’s Military Partnership Should Be More Transparent

Sep 26, 2018 | Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, Peacebuilding

Before I get into the economics of this problem, I need to establish from the very beginning that the University of Rochester has always been committed to the enterprise of war. Students have enlisted in every major United States military contest beginning with the...

MLK Day Can Reclaim Its Radical Purpose

Jan 22, 2018 | General

On October 19, 1983, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Bill was sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 78-22. Two weeks later, on November 3, President Reagan signed the bill that established the 3rd Monday of every...

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Dec 21, 2017 | General

“These times are those for which our profession was designed. We have an ethical obligation to act and to do so in political and social arenas. It is not enough to work with those who are oppressed by regimes like Trump’s. We are expected to engage in social...