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MLK50: Activism after the dream
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr., who preached nonviolent resistance to oppression and war, was shot to death in Memphis. National Correspondent Holly Bailey goes back to Selma, Ala., whose poverty moved King to increasingly turn his focus to economic justice, and finds not much has changed in the years since. As the leader of the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. fought for equality for all, and the impact of his message continues to inspire the next generation of leaders.
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Impact of Iran deal on detained American journalist
The family of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist accused of espionage and imprisoned in Iran for nearly 1 year, is hoping this week’s Iranian nuclear agreement could somehow lead to his release.
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A mother’s plea to release her journalist son from an Iranian prison
On July 22, 2014, Jason Rezaian, the Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post, and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, were taken from their home at gunpoint and were not heard from for over two months. Rezaian, who holds dual Iranian and American citizenship, has been one of only a few Americans to be based in Iran with official permission from the Iranian authorities to work as a journalist.