Tavis Smiley: Obama should honor MLK’s legacy by addressing poverty at the inauguration

January 16, 2013

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Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. Photo courtesy AFP/Getty Images

“How dare any president on the King holiday stand with King’s monument now just a few blocks down the street and not talk about the issue that he gave his life for — the poor?” —Tavis Smiley watch video

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West challenge a ‘bipartisan consensus’ that ‘the poor don’t matter’

April 26, 2012

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A homeless man reads at his makeshift tent beside a street in Las Vegas, Nev. on Nov. 13, 2011. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

“We need to dot the ‘i’s and see the intimate link between the war priorities, the money in the military, but not enough money when it comes to education; money for jails and prisons, not enough money when it comes [...] watch video

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Tavis Smiley: Obama should honor MLK’s legacy by addressing poverty at the inauguration

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West challenge a ‘bipartisan consensus’ that ‘the poor don’t matter’

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