Low-wage workers are reviving Dr. King's 1968 Poor People's Campaign [marketplace.org]
The meeting room in the basement of the First Congregational Church of Memphis was packed on a recent Saturday morning with clergy members, activists, residents and workers. “It’s gone on far too long. It’s gone on far too long,” they chanted, rocking back and forth to a 1960s civil rights anthem. Their purpose for coming together was a four-hour training session on community building and peaceful protest. Ashley Cathey stood in the front of the room to speak, wearing a black shirt that...