MLK

No Kings: March Against Tyranny, Not Into Its Trap

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

iPINIONS hails the millions marching today under the banner No Kings. This promises to be the largest nonviolent protest in US history, marching in the spirit of MLK against Trump’s creeping authoritarianism. And here’s to the MAGA false-flag provocations proving no match for the power of peaceful resistance. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/no-kings-march-against-tyranny-not Read more.

Trump Marks Juneteenth by Removing Bust of MLK and Eliminating Civil Rights

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

He once flaunted the MLK bust like a prop. Now he’s removed it, while gutting DEI and pretending Juneteenth is woke fiction. iPINIONS exposes how Trump is now erasing the civil rights of Black Americans as brazenly as he once exploited Black voters for political gain. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-marks-juneteenth-by-removing Read more.

Observing Presidents’ Day

Monday, February 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Presidents’ Day: it’s about the sales, man Alas, “Presidents’ Day” has become just another jingoistic way to induce Americans to shop for cars and mattresses. And this is one distortion or, in this case, commercialization of history that has nothing to do with race matters. Instead, this one stems from TV commercials now heralding and defining this… Read more.

Observing MLK Day in Jim Crow 2.0 America

Monday, January 15, 2024 at 6:21 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

It seems we’re observing this MLK Day in a time warp. Because America today looks so much like the Jim Crow America MLK spent his life fighting to change. Observing MLK Day in Jim Crow 2.0 America America is on a schizophrenic march towards the Promised Land of MLK’s famous dream. On the one hand, America elected the first Black man as… Read more.

MLK Was a Womanizer and a Rapist FBI Tapes Show

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 6:18 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

It is common knowledge that Martin Luther King Jr was a womanizer. He even rivaled John F. Kennedy in this respect. Of course, JFK was a president, not a preacher. But I am the son of a preacher man. So I have standing to put MLK’s womanizing into perspective. As it happens, I did over… Read more.

Clooney Nuptials Show Saturday Weddings as Segregated as Sunday Services…?

Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 2:03 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

We must face the sad fact that at 11 o’clock on Sunday morning, when we stand to sing ‘In Christ there is no East or West,’ we stand in the most segregated hour of America. (UC Berkley’s Oakland North, February 15, 2012) This is the famous and widely reported declaration Martin Luther King Jr. made… Read more.

Trayvon Hoodie Okay for Obama; but Not for MLK

Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 6:55 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

It was poignant enough when President Obama declared last year that the racially profiled and murdered Trayvon Martin could have been his son. But this poignancy increased exponentially when he declared the following yesterday – during a remarkably personal and heartfelt reflection on the Zimmerman verdict and the legacy of racism that gave rise to… Read more.

Coretta Scott King is dead!

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at 4:13 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I’ve been dismayed over the years by the number of purportedly intelligent and fair-minded white people who have questioned why Coretta Scott King is so revered just because she was married to Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. But whenever I condescended to disabuse them of their ignorance in this respect, I merely sufficed to query… Read more.