A remarkable new study shows how the Trump presidency has activated protesters, and former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks frankly about the current political moment. (msnbc.com)
Is it important to understand Martin Luther in order to understand our current political moment? (firstthings.com)
One of the oldest black institutions in Brooklyn, the church has played host to Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman; Congressman Hakeem Jeffries had just given a rousing speech, putting the current political moment into context by recalling how this community had survived slavery and Jim Crow (not to mention Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush). (nymag.com)