The Internet Salutes Civil Rights Activist and Comic Forefather Dick Gregory
Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday at age 84, will be missed.
You Only Get One Shot at Life, So Definitely Tweet About How MLK Would Say 'All Lives Matter'
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day! This is a wonderful occasion to reflect on the subversive legacy of a man who gave his life to bend the arc of the moral universe faster; it is a day of service, and there’s no public service quite like showing your ass. To wit, here’s Joe Walsh—failed Illinois politician and former…
The Mountaintop Playwright Understandably Upset That a White Man Was Cast as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Katori Hall, the acclaimed playwright who wrote The Mountaintop--the 2009 play set in Memphis’ Lorraine Motel on the eve of Martin Luther King’s assassination—is rightfully angry that a director cast a white actor in the role of King.
The Power and Sadness of a Black President's Call for Grace
On Friday, South Carolina Senator and Rev. Clementa Pinckney was memorialized in a packed auditorium at the College Of Charleston. As his wife and two young daughters sat and suffered what must be the worst moment of their short lives, President Obama delivered Pinckney’s eulogy with fervor and deliberation. It was…
Fox News Saves White People at the Selma 50th Anniversary
Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of Selma's "Bloody Sunday" where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists like Rep. John Lewis marched over the town's bridge and were beaten by authorities. Fox News could've just acknowledge their sacrifices but, as The Daily Show reports, they found a way to…
Solange Honors Martin Luther King With Adorable and Poignant Video
Solange, who continues to be the dopest mom on the planet, posted a video of her ten-year-old son Juelz reciting a Martin Luther King Jr quote, and the result is both poignant and adorable.
First Black Sororities Tell Members Not to Wear Logos While Protesting
Amid nationwide protests against police brutality and the failed indictments of Officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo, the oldest black sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta are instructing their members not to wear their Greek letters while marching. The directive is pissing off some members and…
Fraternity Suspended After Throwing MLK Day Party with Watermelon Cups
Here we go again. Tau Kappa Epsilon, a fraternity at Arizona State University was suspended this week after throwing (and I can't believe I'm actually writing this) a particularly offensive Martin Luther King, Jr. Day party, in which participants dressed in basketball jerseys, flashed gang signs and drank from…
SPYONVegas Wants You To Get Your Mad Freak On In Las Vegas For MLK Day
Do you have a dream that one day you will be able to party at the open champagne bar at Ghostbar in Las Vegas? Then great news—SPYONVegas has you covered!
Glenn Beck Seriously Compared Paula Deen to Martin Luther King Jr.
Chances are you've been plagued with a feeling that you forgot something ever since last week (check your bag: wallet, phone, keys — they're all there), but let me put your mind at ease. You haven't forgotten anything at all. What it is that's missing from your life — what it is that's missing from all of our lives,…
Your Evening Cry: How We Wish History Had Gone Down
If you're ready to cry into your evening bowl of ice cream bon bons, grab all the Kleenex ever made, and get into this Anti-Defamation League video. It imagines a world that still has Martin Luther King, Anne Frank, Matthew Shepard, and many other wonderful souls because it's a world without hate crimes. I'm…
Meet the Christian, Formerly Anti-Abortion Doctor Who Now Performs Late-Term Abortions
Dr. Willie J. Parker has been an outspoken advocate for access to abortion services and is also an abortion provider himself in Washington, DC. In fact, he's one of the few doctors in the country who will perform late-term abortions. He is also one of many people who is opposed to Congress's awful plan to ban…
No, Fox News, Martin Luther King Jr Wasn't Anti-Abortion
Fox News is commemorating this Martin Luther King, Jr day by inviting his niece, Dr. Alveda King, to come and speak about his legacy. He was a conservative, she explained, who hated abortion. Except that isn't even close to true, not even the tiniest bit. Leave it to Fox News to wrap a crap sandwich in a lie and call…
MLK Flip-Flopper John McCain Gets Booed In Memphis
