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Poor People’s Campaign Launches Days of Protests Around US
Associated Press
Tom Foreman, Jr.
May 14, 2018
Who are America’s moral leaders?
USA Today
Alia E. Dastagir
May 14, 2018
The lessons of the past shape the launch of a new Poor People’s campaign
The Washington Post
Gordon Mantler
May 14, 2018
The Poor People’s Campaign Seeks To Complete Martin Luther King’s Final Dream
NPR
Brakkton Booker
May 14, 2018
50 Years Later, Reviving King’s Poor People’s Campaign
NPR
Brakkton Booker
May 14, 2018
Hundreds arrested as activists pick up where Martin Luther King left off
The Guardian
Lauren Gambino
May 14, 2018
Hundreds Protest In Cities Across U.S. For ‘Poor People’s Campaign’
HuffPost
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
May 14, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign Begins With Protests and Arrests
New York Magazine
Ed Kilgore
May 14, 2018
“It’s Time for Moral Confrontation”: New Poor People’s Campaign Stages Nationwide Civil Disobedience
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
May 14, 2018
Also seen in: Truth-Out, Free Speech TV
Fifty years after King’s assassination, the Poor People’s Campaign relaunches
Christian Science Monitor
Stuart Miller
May 14, 2018
Also seen in: Yahoo News
Echoing MLK in 1968, activists kick off new Poor People’s Campaign
Los Angeles Times
Jenny Jarvie
May 14, 2018
The New Poor People’s Campaign: Seeds of a Non-Party Opposition?
Common Dreams
Jeremy Brecher
May 14, 2018
Jesse Jackson: Why I’m taking to the streets again
CNN
Jesse Jackson
May 14, 2018
US citizens are standing up against poverty – the UK should follow suit
The Guardian
Mary O’Hara
May 14, 2018
‘Time for a Moral Confrontation’: Poor People’s Campaign Launches With Local Rallies Nationwide
Common Dreams
Julia Conley
May 14, 2018
Financial Times
Eva Moore
May 14, 2018
Building a United Working Class in North Carolina
Inequality
Negin Owliaei
May 14, 2018
The New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How We Think About Poverty
Talk Poverty
Greg Kaufmann
May 14, 2018
Kaiser Health News
Kaiser Health News
May 14, 2018
Rev. Barber Slams Anti-Muslim, Anti-Semitic Pastors Trump Chose to Open U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
May 14, 2018
Also seen in: Truth-Out
Poor People’s Campaign Launches With March on Capitol Hill
ColorLines
Kenrya Rankin
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
On Shavuot, remember that Ruth was a poor immigrant
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein
May 14, 2018
How A Mule Train From Marks, Miss., Kicked Off MLK’s Poor People Campaign
NPR
Debbie Elliott
May 13, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign planned for Statehouse steps
Associated Press
Staff
May 13, 2018
Also seen in: The Recorder, Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, Washington Times, Olean Times Herald, Fort Bend Herald, Argus Press, Seattle Times
Get Ready for the Poor People’s Campaign
The Nation
Greg Kaufmann
May 13, 2018
On Creating a New Politics With Spiritual and Intellectual Integrity
Truth Out
Terry Patten
May 13, 2018
Also seen in: AlterNet
Politico
Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer and Daniel Lippman
May 12, 2018
Mother’s Day Actually Has a Deep History of Activism
Glamour
Aimee Lutkin
May 12, 2018
Also seen in: Yahoo News
Poor People’s Campaign Aims to Bring MLK’s Dream to Fruition
Truthdig
Emily Wells
May 12, 2018
Here’s how the Poor People’s Campaign aims to finish what MLK started
Los Angeles Times
Jenny Jarvie
May 11, 2018
The Hard-Left Candidate Taking On the Democratic Establishment in Southwestern Pennsylvania
The New Yorker
Eliza Griswold
May 11, 2018
Here’s Why Black People Across The Nation Are Joining The Poor People’s Campaign
NewsOne
Clarissa Hamlin
May 11, 2018
Gender Justice at the Heart of the Poor People’s Campaign
Inequality
Sarah Anderson
May 11, 2018
Low-wage workers are reviving Dr. King’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Marketplace
Renata Sago
May 8, 2018
STATES
ALABAMA
Alabama Poor People’s campaign launches six weeks of protest tomorrow
AL
Amy Yurkanin
May 13, 2018
ARKANSAS
Poor People’s Campaign at state Capitol Arkansas Times
Leslie Newell Peacock
May 14, 2018
State events to mark revival of King’s anti-poverty campaign
Northwest Arkansas – Democrat Gazette
Emma Pettit
May 14, 2018
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Bee
Foon Rhee
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
Actor Danny Glover to speak at Sacramento rally
Sacramento Bee
Bob Shallit
May 13, 2018
Southern California Residents to Join Sacramento Rally Seeking Moral Change
My News LA
Contributing Editor
May 13, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign launches on May 14
Times Standard
Jason Dixon
May 12, 2018
CONNECTICUT
Protesters Arrested At Hartford Rally To Support The Poor
Hartford Courant
Nicholas Rondinone and Kathleen Megan
May 14, 2018
FLORIDA
On Tap in the Capital- Monday May 14CBS 12
Florida News Service
May 14, 2018
Florida Politics
Peter Schorsch
May 14, 2018
Flagler Live
Flagler Live
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
We all can join a new campaign against enduring poverty and injustice
Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts
May 11, 2018
Also seen in: News & Recorder, The Columbian, Lewiston Tribune
INDIANA
Intersection of Ohio and Capitol in downtown Indy closed due to protest over ending poverty cycle
CBS 4
CBS 4 Web
May 14, 2018
Poverty protest leads to arrests in Downtown Indianapolis
Fox 59
Fox 59
May 14, 2018
Protesters block traffic in downtown Indy
The Indy Channel
Katie Cox
May 14, 2018
IMPD makes arrests as protesters block street in downtown Indianapolis
WISH TV
Staff Reports
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
IOWA
I am privileged, but much is wrong
The Gazette
David Borger Germann
May 14, 2018
KANSAS
Kansans launch nonviolent campaign to demand economic, social justice
Capital Journal Online
Tim Carpenter
May 14, 2018
KENTUCKY
POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN TO RALLY IN FRANKFORT
WTVQ
Ryan Schmelz
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
MARYLAND
Maryland Poor People’s Campaign Lawyers Mall Rally
The Baltimore Sun
Paul W. Gillepsie
March 14, 2018
MASSACHUSETTS
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
MICHIGAN
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
MINNESOTA
In America’s war on the poor, it’s time to fight back
Star Tribune
DeWayne Davis, Arielle Rosenberg and Rob Eller-Isaacs
May 11, 2018
MISSISSIPPI
May 14, 2018
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The NH Poor People’s Campaign Kicks Of 6 Weeks Of Actions On Monday
New Hampshire Labor News
New Hampshire Labor News
May 12, 2018
NEW MEXICO
Poor People’s Campaign Kicks Off In New Mexico and 40 States
KRWG
Javier Benavidez
May 13, 2018
NEW YORK
Protest shuts down Albany streets
WNYT
WNYT
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
Rally aims to replicate original Poor People’s Campaign
The Buffalo News
Staff
May 13, 2018
Commentary: Help shock the nation with the power of love
Times Union
Honora M. Kinney
May 12, 2018
NORTH CAROLINA
May 14, 2018
Re-broadcast: Spectrum News Midday News at Noon
The Latest: Nearly 50 Protesters Cited for Standing in Road
Associated Press
May 14, 2018
Raleigh 1 of 30 Sites for Launch of Poor People’s Campaign Associated Press
Martha Waggoner
May 14, 2018
Also seen in: The State, Charlotte Observer, Argus Press, Hoosier Herald
News & Observer
Anne Blythe
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
OHIO
Poor People’s Campaign Kicks Off At Ohio Statehouse
WVXU
Jo Inglès
May 14, 2018
Ohio Poor People’s Campaign Kicks Off Six Weeks of Nonviolent Action at Statehouse
Clevescene
Sam Allard
May 14, 2018
This is the wrong time to cut back on public housing
Xenia Daily Gazette
Ebony Slaugher-Johnson
May 14, 2018
OREGON
Poor People’s Campaign Revival Kicks Off in Salem
Oregon Public News Service
Public News Service
May 14, 2018
PENNSYLVANIA
13 arrested in Poor People’s Campaign protest against outside Pa. Capitol
Penn Live
Jan Murphy
May 14, 2018
Rally in Harrisburg to highlight struggles of low-income families
WITF
Annette John-Hall
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign seeks to revive MLK’s vision
WHYY
Aaron Moselle
May 14, 2018
The Daily Item
The Daily Item
May 11, 2018
SOUTH CAROLINA
SC Protesters Demand Change During Poor People Rally
Associated Press
Christina L. Meyers
May 14, 2018
Also seen in: US News & World
Protesters Arrested Outside South Carolina State House
WLTX 19
WLTX 19
May 14, 2018
Poor People Campaign protesters arrested, unlawfully assembled in street
WACH
Andrea Butler
May 14, 2018
Columbia police arrest protesters accused of unlawfully assembling
Cola Daily
Terry Ward
May 14, 2018
SC activists block downtown Columbia street to protest injustice, are quickly arrested
The State
Maayan Schechter
May 14, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign assembled in the streets unlawfully after peaceful state house demonstration
WISTV
Claude Thompson
May 14, 2018
TENNESSEE
Poor People’s Campaign protesters block crosswalk at Tennessee Capitol
The Tennessean
Holly Meyer
May 14, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign protesters march through downtown Nashville with rolling road blocks
The Tennessean
Holly Meyer
May 14, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign protesters stall downtown Nashville traffic during rush hour
The Tennessean
Holly Meyer and Natalie Allison
May 14, 2018
Poor People Campaign protesters block Charlotte in front of Capitol
The Tennessean
The Tennessean
May 14, 2018
Memphians Stoke Fire of Re-Ignited ‘Poor People’s Campaign’
Memphis Flyer
Maya Smith
May 14, 2018
The Commercial Appeal
Chris Herrington
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
TEXAS
KEYE-AUS (CBS) May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018
WASHINGTON
Poor People’s Campaign begins six weeks of action in Olympia
KIRO Radio
KIRO Staff
May 14, 2018
Rally expected to bring more than 1,500 people to Olympia
The Olympian
Lauren Smith
May 11, 2018
WEST VIRGINIA
WV Rally Today to Reconnect with MLK’s Radical Vision
Public News Service
Public News Service
May 14, 2018
INTERNATIONAL
Il “May Day” e le lotte dei lavoratori americani
La Cità Futura
La Cità Futura
May 12, 2018
La Jornada
David Brooks
May 14, 2018