Pete Buttigieg’s Faith-Based Balancing ActMayor Pete’s status as an observant millennial Christian in a party and a generation where religiosity is unusual is a problem and an opportunity.
The Return of the Poor People’s CampaignFifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. pivoted to fighting poverty and inequality, a new generation of activists seeks to take up his mantle.
Who Represents MLK’s Legacy Today?Barack Obama was an heir to King’s political legacy, but it’s clear now that he didn’t occupy the Promised Land of equality, either.
ByEd Kilgore
DI Politics Chat: What Do We Forget About MLK?Four Daily Intelligencer staffers discuss the mission and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and what gets left out of the public memory of him.
ByJonathan Chait, Ed Kilgore, and Margaret Hartmann