Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963. (Photo: AFP / AFP / Getty Images)
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III | "The Dream" Remains a Vision
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout: "On August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered one of the most famous speeches in world history, "I Have A Dream." What has troubled me over the years is how Dr. King, the visionary, prophet, and revolutionary's vision, action, and ultimate sacrifice have been hijacked, compromised, and relegated to being those of just a dreamer."
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Can a Mother Lose Her Child Because She Doesn't Speak English?
Tim Padgett with Dolly Mascarenas, TIME Magazine: "Can the U.S. government take a woman's baby from her because she doesn't speak English? That's the latest question to arise in the hothouse debate over illegal immigration, as an undocumented woman from impoverished rural Mexico - who speaks only an obscure indigenous language - fights in a Mississippi court to regain custody of her infant daughter."
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