Martin Luther King Jr. | Watching America

Nigeria: January 19: What MLK Day Should Ask of Nigeria

Jinghong Chen - January 24, 2026. Published in The Sun

Martin Luther King Jr. does not belong to America alone. He belongs to every society still negotiating the distance between power and justice.

Malta: Donald Trump Is Not the Problem

Robin Koerner - February 11, 2025. Published in Times of Malta

The election of Donald Trump reflects the values so many Americans believe in.

Germany: The Unfulfilled Dream of Martin Luther King

Michael Stehle - September 1, 2023. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Cuba: Racism, a Systemic Problem in the United States

Rejeanne Lacroix - August 28, 2023. Published in Radio Havana Cuba

U.A.E.: Hypocrisy Is at the Heart of US Supreme Court Judge’s Opposition to Affirmative Action

Robin Koerner - July 6, 2023. Published in The National

Justice Clarence Thomas benefited from the programs he is now arguing against.

Canada: Martin Luther King Jr. Proved Progress Depends on Free Speech

Rejeanne Lacroix - January 16, 2023. Published in National Post

Tanzania: Wanted: Change of Tactics in Ukraine

Robin Koerner - July 1, 2022. Published in The Citizen

As Martin Luther King preached, 'We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.'

Nigeria: While Haiti Weeps, Whither Black Solidarity?

Robin Koerner - October 16, 2021. Published in The Guardian

And where were the Black Movements in America when the Haitians were forcefully deported back to Haiti?

U.K.: Our Biggest Enemy Is No Longer Climate Denial but Climate Delay

Robin Koerner - July 31, 2021. Published in The Guardian

This is the promise of the Green New Deal.

U.K.: Why I Don’t Believe the Word ‘Black’ Should Always Have a Capital ‘B’

Robin Koerner - June 3, 2021. Published in The Guardian

The increasing use of the uppercase letter seems empowering – but no one should impose any rules on blackness.

Austria: A Tyrant Named Performance

Robin Koerner - January 14, 2021. Published in Wiener Zeitung

Strictly dividing the world into winners and losers and holding both groups fully responsible for their respective destiny must inevitably lead to anger and frustration.

India: The Blackwashing of America

Robin Koerner - December 24, 2020. Published in The Statesman

In 2020, the worst Black riots since 1968 broke out in the country.

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