Activism

If We Can’t Ban Guns, We Need to Love One Another

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Mar 4, 2014 The last several months have offered the casual observer tragic evidence of the absurdity, cruelty and insanity of America’s gun culture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Massive Protest by Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Against Conscription

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 Israel’s Haredim, an Eastern European branch of Judaism emphasizing strict religious adherence, were a tiny minority at Israel’s founding in 1948 and were given an exemption from conscription. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Voting Rights Advocates Try to Put Oversight Back on the Map

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states and local governments with a history of discrimination no longer needed to submit new voting laws for federal approval. Now, voting rights advocates are trying to put them back under oversight using the courts and Congress. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Bernie Sanders (Video)

BLANK Mar 3, 2014 In a Truthdig exclusive, the Vermont senator and avowed socialist discusses why the super-rich should support an amendment mandating the public funding of elections. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

To Defeat GOP’s Restrictive Voting Laws, Debunk ‘Voter Fraud’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Growing up in Jim Crow Arkansas, Bill Clinton saw how the state's dominant political and racial elite maintained power by suppressing the rights of minority voters who threatened its authority -- and as a young activist, worked to bring down that illegitimate power structure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the NFL Saved Arizona From Itself

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Gay sports dominates the news, from Arizona's bigoted legislation to the bisexual athlete who crushed Sochi. Also: how "Blackfish" director Gabriela Cowperthwaite accidentally made the best animal rights movie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are Students Dropping Out of College to Become Entrepreneurs?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2014 Universities are working hard to keep their students in the classroom rather than out starting their own business; private prisons receive tons of taxpayer dollars but can operate under secrecy; meanwhile, anti-terrorist agencies try to entrap activists to demonstrate that the policing organizations are needed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba: A Life of Struggle, a Legacy of Progress

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 27, 2014 The world lost a visionary activist this week, with the death of Chokwe Lumumba, the newly elected mayor of Jackson, Miss. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What’s the U.S. Got to Do With White Supremacists in Ukraine?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 Neo-Nazis have formed a large part of the protesting population in Ukraine, and the U.S. may be supporting them; somehow the large majority of Wikipedia articles have been written about Western and Southern Europe; meanwhile, has a new NSA leaker emerged? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Women Still Not Published as Often as Men in Arts Publications, but Who’s Counting?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2014 VIDA: Women in Literary Arts released its much awaited annual pie charts Monday, demonstrating once again that the scales are tilted toward men when it comes to literary publications in the U.S. and U.K. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Lags Behind World in Temp Worker Protections

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2014 ‘Permatemping’ cases highlight lack of U.S. protections for temp workers. Other countries limit the length of temp jobs, guarantee equal pay and restrict dangerous work. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Not to Reason Why: A New Crimean ‘War’?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 24, 2014 The Russian-speaking population of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine is upset by the popular movement in the West of the country that has overthrown President Viktor Yanukovych and is said to be forming militias. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )