I was astonished reading Terry Prone's contribution on the very flawed David Garrow essay on Martin Luther King in which very serious accusations are made. Insufficient health-warnings accompany the piece regarding the credibility of the information on which accusations are based.

When a Pulitzer prizewinning biographer produces evidence that one of the most admired men in history colluded in and even applauded a rape, it’s to be expected that the story will land on the front page of a major mainstream newspaper and create an international firestorm.

The US Supreme Court steered clear of a major ruling on abortion today, instead giving the northeastern state of New Hampshire a chance to save its parental notification law.

EARLIER this month, in a Texas courtroom, a motion was filed to re-open Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made abortion legal in the United States.

Efforts to build a national memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr have stalled because the American civil rights leader’s family wants money to use his name and likeness in the marketing campaign.