Today, racism in this country is still a central force that progressives are working to change. We are, after all, living in a period when authoritarianism, racism, and incipient fascism are all on ...

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

Before moving to South Burlington in 1973 for what became our final careers, my wife and I lived in a rare racially integrated neighborhood in Hartford, Conn.

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

In April 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from Carter Playground on the edge of Roxbury to Boston Common. It was ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...

There's always what we say, and what we mean, and a gap between the two; what we mean to do, and what we really do, and a gap ...

To say Jackie Robinson's legacy is bigger than the game of baseball has met a present-day realization—while the MLB joins the ...

Jackie Robinson did more than break Major League Baseball’s color barrier. The Hall of Famer was also a journalist, bank ...