BLANKOct 1, 2016
Oliphant pleaded for the right to protest and argued for change in the treatment of the black community in the wake of the fatal police shooting of an African-American man in Charlotte, N.C. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigSep 26, 2016
Our gun laws should be changed. Until then, however, they must be enforced equally. Does the National Rifle Association disagree? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsSep 26, 2016
Release of dashcam and body-cam footage follows days of protests and demands for videos to be made public.Release of dashcam and body cam footage follows days of protests and demands for videos to be made public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 25, 2016
“He better not be fucking dead!” shouts Rakeyia Scott, standing a short distance away from where police officers surround her dying husband. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigSep 22, 2016
With police killings of unarmed black men almost a weekly occurrence in the U.S., we must not let our trauma weaken our resolve to insist on—and organize for—racial justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigApr 2, 2016
Right-wing extremists—losing the battle over same-sex marriage—have found a new target They have hit upon a formula designed to lure gullible Americans into believing that transgender people are sexual predators lurking in restrooms, eager to prey on the opposite sex Right-wing extremists—losing the battle over same-sex marriage—have found a new target. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 7, 2012
President Obama invoked "hope" and "change" in his DNC speech, but not in the same way he did in 2008. Instead, he presented a more subdued and realistic view of what his second term in office would look like if he is re-elected in November while trying to show Americans they are better off today than they were four years ago. President Obama invoked "hope" and "change" in his speech, but not like he did in 2008. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 6, 2012
Benita Veliz, a young Hispanic from San Antonio, proclaimed her unauthorized status and her support for President Obama in front of millions of television viewers at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. But her enthusiasm for the incumbent is not universal among the undocumented. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 1, 2012
Mitt Romney chose the final moments of this week's hurricane-shortened convention for what was arguably his best outing of the 2012 campaign. Too bad convention planners put actor-slash-legend Clint Eastwood up on the same night, to slash and burn his way through a bit of theater that would've done Samuel Beckett proud. The "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the ramifications on this week's episode. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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