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King’s forgotten legacy: seeking economic justice

One of the most remarkable people I got to know as a young reporter in the 1980s was Myles Horton, whom Rosa Parks called “the first white man I ever trusted.” Horton helped start the Highlander Center...

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Labor Day a reminder of how working people are falling behind

Each year on Labor Day, I think of Myles Horton and something he once told me. Horton started Tennessee’s Highlander Center in 1932 and spent most of his 84 years crusading for racial, environmental...

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