Pulitzer Prize-winner and former New York Times war correspondent and editor, Chris Hedges, gave this impressive and moving speech in front of the White House, protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern, Dr. Margaret Flowers and several others. Later referred to as “The Hope Speech,” Hedges gave this speech back […]
Madonna dressed as a Boy Scout Saturday night at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York and took on bullying, homophobia and inequality. Madonna was on hand to present Anderson Cooper with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s Vito Russo Award, given for openly gay members of the media for making a difference in […]
President John F. Kennedy, in speech to United Nations General Assembly endorses complete and general disarmament and challenges Soviets to a “peace race.” Address Before the General Assembly of the United Nations President John F. Kennedy New York City September 25, 1961 Mr. President, honored delegates, ladies and gentlemen: We meet in an hour of […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Discusses the Importance of Investing in Programs of Social Uplift Versus on Military Defense “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. By 1967, King had become the country’s most […]