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The co-opting of MLK Jr. by...everybody

Martin Luther King Jr. was relatively unpopular when he was assassinated. But the way Americans of all political stripes invoke his memory today, you'd think he was held up as a hero. In this episode, we hear how King's legacy got co-opted. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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  Revisiting the fight over the Lakota language as Trump targets "divisive n…

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  Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador

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  What's lost in Trump's DEI ban?

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  With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics

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  What Mahmoud Khalil's arrest means for ... everyone

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  This Palestinian-American's debut novel may not be political — but her exi…

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  A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal

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  Black audiences see themselves centered in a brand new soap opera

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  The NFL's concussion problem beyond CTE

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  What a Black enclave lost in the Los Angeles wildfires

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  An NFL star on what the game costs those who play it

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  Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land

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  What football tells us about race, labor and power

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  Hip-hop is 'fight the power' but also advertises for the power

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  B.A. Parker is learning the banjo