2 h. ago Trump blasted for not recognizing Martin Luther King Jr Day: ‘Is anyone surprised?’

Trump has broken a decades-long tradition that began with former President Ronald Reagan in November 1983

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7 h. ago The US political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday

As communities across the country prepare Monday to host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of when the federal government officially began observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the current political climate has left some feeling more fraught than festive when it comes to how to honor the slain civil rights icon

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12 h. ago From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian

Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that realityThe United States seems determined to turn its back on the rest of our planetary neighbors. The Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw from 66 international treaties, conventions and organizations is striking for the range of its rejections. Everything from the global treaty on climate change to multilateral efforts to address migration and cultural heritage, clean water and renewable energy, and the international trade in timber and minerals has been summarily dismissed as “contrary to the interests of the United States”.It’s no surprise that an administration hellbent on physical walls around the United States would also put up such walls of indifference, as if all of these longstanding collective efforts were simply “irrelevant” to our interests as a country, as the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, put it in a public statement. And yet, a...

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12 h. ago On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day

People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s wordsThis year, the Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday forces Americans to grapple with the crisis and protests that have spread across the country, particularly in Minneapolis. Each year on this holiday, we reflect on King’s life and legacy. We wonder about what he might make of this moment. Though civil rights protesters in the 1950s and 60s were repeatedly met with extreme state violence, Americans are now facing a president who is troublingly more powerful than past figures such as the notorious segregationist and Alabama governor George Wallace.Militarized and masked federal police forces, abetted by a corrupted justice department, are expansive and employ far more deadly weapons against protesters today. Civil rights leaders often sought federal intervention to combat localized racial violence in the south. But now, local and state officials, along with ordinary citizens who ...

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12 h. ago MLK Day reminds us to harness ‘urgency of now’ as the US grapples with crisis

People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s wordsThis year, the Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday forces Americans to grapple with the crisis and protests that have spread across the country, particularly in Minneapolis. Each year on this holiday, we reflect on King’s life and legacy. We wonder about what he might make of this moment. Though civil rights protesters in the 1950s and 60s were repeatedly met with extreme state violence, Americans are now facing a president who is troublingly more powerful than past figures such as the notorious segregationist and Alabama governor George Wallace.Militarized and masked federal police forces, abetted by a corrupted justice department, are expansive and employ far more deadly weapons against protesters today. Civil rights leaders often sought federal intervention to combat localized racial violence in the south. But now, local and state officials, along with ordinary citizens who ...

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31 h. ago Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens behind ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales

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31 h. ago Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett shares first look at romantic Moroccan proposal to girlfriend Melanie Lopes as he reveals his 'heart was racing' while he surprised her on Christmas Day

The Dragon's Den star, 33, revealed he popped the question to his long-term partner after surprising her while she was on holiday with her family in Morocco.

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38 h. ago Wayne Rooney opens up on medical condition that makes him 'struggle' during punditry

Wayne Rooney has opened up on Match of the Day about his surprise medical condition that leaves him struggling and majorly impacts his punditry

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56 h. ago NFL will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with 'Choose Love' stenciled in end zone

The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend

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6 d. ago Ahead of his time, Martin Luther King Jr. was an early proponent for universal basic income

Currently, the nation faces an affordability crisis, and artificial intelligence poses new threats to jobs. These factors have increased calls for universal basic income

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7 d. ago Jess Wright reveals her wedding day regrets as mum Carol confesses she surprised her husband on his stag do and REFUSED to leave

The TV personality, 40, married businessman William Lee-Kemp in September, 2021, in a beautiful ceremony in Mallorca, Spain.

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1 week ago Princess Kate celebrates her 44th birthday a day after surprise NHS visit

The royals dropped in on NHS workers on a tea break in West London to offer support amid the challenging winter period, which has seen a surge in flu cases

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1 week ago Kate celebrates her 44th birthday the day after surprising NHS staff

The princess visited Charing Cross Hospital in west London with William on Thursday for their first public engagement of 2026.

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1 week ago Kate makes surprise visit to hospital with William in show of support for NHS staff

The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, made a surprise visit to a hospital with Prince William the day before her 44th birthday to show support for NHS staff in London

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1 week ago Record number of home hunters browsed Rightmove on Boxing Day

Each year on Boxing Day, a surprising number of Britons decide to start the cogs whirring on moving house.

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2 w. ago History teacher who called Islam 'satanic' and told pupils that 'cocaine was purer back in the day' is struck off

Patrick Lawler, 62, told one Year 6 class how civil rights activist Martin Luther King was a 'fraud' and that Rosa Parks did not really exist.

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2 w. ago Teacher banned after telling pupils Rosa Parks did not give up bus seat and Martin Luther King was a fraud

Patrick Lawler told year six pupils Rosa Parks ‘did not really exist’

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2 w. ago The long and unrelenting battle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years

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2 w. ago Radio 2 legend Scott Mills reveals EastEnders cameo as fans make huge demand

BBC Radio 2 star Scott Mills made a surprise appearance on the New Year's Day episode of EastEnders and fans were amazed at how he had managed to keep his cameo a secret

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2 w. ago EastEnders airs surprise return for iconic character after almost a decade away

One character who left EastEnders almost 10 years ago has made a surprise return in the New Year's Day episode, providing the biggest hint yet about who Max Branning is marrying in 2027

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