April 04, 2008      

National , Race, Politics , Vote 2008

A missed message? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. forty years on

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Corey Takahashi

Martin Luther King Jr. looks out from behind bars in Birmingham Jail, 1963 National Archives
National Archives

Has our vision of Dr. King's message been sanitized by the passing of time? We've all heard, "I have a dream." In a less-well known speech, King said, "There comes a time when a man must take the position that it is neither safe nor politic nor popular — but he must take it because it is right..."
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National , Health Care, Politics

The politics of coming and going: HIV-positive visitors banned from the United States

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Sitara Nieves

 The Takeaway
The Takeaway

Thirteen countries in the world ban HIV-positive visitors from entry, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Moldova... and the United States. We take a look at the ban and ask why that law has stayed on the books.
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