dr. martin luther king jr.

As a historian I actually like the no-nonsense preacher more than MLK.

But once again, Glenn Beck exhibits astonishing ignorance of history.

At this moment the embattled US labor movement urgently needs strong community-based allies and much greater moral legitimation, yet broad-based strategic and moral support from the religious side has been slow to materialize.

A mythical American history with Protestant sensibilities and heroes.

RD would like to see a tallit on the basketball court.

Tea party favorite courts the religious right.

A new book of Dr. King’s speeches to labor arrives just as union bashing is enjoying a resurgence.

Once again the religious right has sought to recreate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in its own image.

Like superheroes, the Captain America redemptive hero does all the work, requiring no sacrifice from us. The prophetic model, like Martin Luther King Jr., asks us to see collective meaning in suffering.

Last week Harry Reid announced plans to use the brief lame duck congressional session to bring controversial Senate Bill 3963, known as the DREAM Act, to a vote of cloture. The DREAM Act would provide citizenship for an estimated two million undocumented residents who enroll in college or enlist…