By Glen Ford / Black Agenda ReportSep 29, 2017
The central mission of our incarceration system, black rights advocates say, is to facilitate the removal of African-Americans from society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigSep 24, 2017
"History" often is a tool for keeping power in the hands of the elite. The controversy over Confederate monuments points up the mendacious national narrative that has been spoon-fed to Americans. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigAug 22, 2017
The more we know and understand our racist past, the more we can change history for the better—in the present and future. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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By Alec MacGillis / ProPublicaAug 17, 2017
The city’s removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was Baltimore’s latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 2, 2013
Florida members of national advocacy group American Atheists are planning at the end of the month to unveil a large public monument outside the Bradford County Courthouse in Starke, across from a controversial display of the Ten Commandments. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigAug 29, 2011
We tend to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. we want to honor, not the Martin Luther King Jr. who actually existed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 23, 2011
A monument memorializing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the first on the National Mall and in other nearby parks to honor an African-American, was officially opened to the public Monday. Within hours, the memorial, along with all other monuments on the National Mall, was closed after an earthquake struck Washington, D.C., and a large area of the eastern U.S on Tuesday. At the time of this posting, officials were not saying when the King memorial would be reopened. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 12, 2010
Olvera Street, the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, is a pocket of near-authentic Mexican culture where one can buy chorizos, clothing and handicrafts. But the city's budget crisis is leading to a push to privatize the monument, giving way to an influx of Starbucks and Pollo Loco on the historical street. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 25, 2009
A lawsuit tinged with questions of free speech and separation of church and state ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Summum religious group's attempts to install a marker of its own in a Utah park that already has a Ten Commandments monument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigJul 8, 2007
In a bold new strategy to avoid a congressional subpoena, Vice President Dick Cheney today declared himself a national monument. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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