Dan Rather | MLK and the "Firm Dissent" That Is Needed Now




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Dan Rather | MLK and the "Firm Dissent" That Is Needed Now 
Dan Rather. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page 
Rather writes: "King is now spoken of with hushed and nearly universal acclaim, but this has deadened the radicalism of King's message." 
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Pope Warns World Is One Step Away From Nuclear War 
Philip Pullella, Reuters 
Pullella writes: "Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at 'the very limit.'" 
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One Year Under Trump: A Shrinking Space for Protests 
Patrick Strickland, Al Jazeera 
Strickland writes: "With 188 Inauguration Day defendants still at risk of harsh punishment, and other activists across the country facing potential jail time for alleged infractions during protests, critics say Trump has overseen a crackdown on dissent during his first year in office." 
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Time's Up: Meet Five of the Women Who Staged Protest at Golden Globes Against Gender Violence 
Democracy Now! 
Goodman reports: "'Time's Up,' that's the rallying cry that's bringing together women, from Hollywood actresses to housekeepers, to demand gender and racial justice and a world free of sexual harassment and assault." 
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How Tenants Use Digital Mapping to Track Bad Landlords and Gentrification 
Hannah Norman, YES! Magazine 
Norman writes: "The project uses mapping as well as data analysis and digital storytelling as organizing tools for low-income tenants to combat eviction and displacement amid the Bay Area's raging housing crisis." 
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Philippine Government Moves to Shutdown Independent News Site Critical of Duterte 
Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera 
Regencia writes: "The Philippine government has sought to shut down an independent news website, which has published critical stories about President Rodrigo Duterte, a move observers and journalists say is an attack on press freedom and democracy." 
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Photo of oil tanker exploding before sinking into the East China Sea. (photo: AFP)
Photo of oil tanker exploding before sinking into the East China Sea. (photo: AFP)


Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "Experts have expressed concern about the potential environmental aftermath of a stricken Iranian oil tanker that exploded and sank in the East China Sea on Sunday." 
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