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What to Do If Your Vote is Challenged on Election Day

Karen Figueroa-Clewett / The Conversation Nov 4, 2022 With the general election drawing close, it’s important to know your rights in case your vote is challenged. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Musk Plans to Profit from Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Nov 3, 2022 Musk has shrewdly fostered a reputation for being a genius, deserving of his obscene wealth. But his private texts during Twitter deal negotiations, recently revealed in court documents during legal wrangling over the sale, paint a picture of a simple mind unable to come to terms with his excess. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson Endorses Sanders

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Mar 9, 2020 He urges black voters to reject the "moderate path" in favor of a progressive agenda that aims to meet their communities' needs. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Los Angeles D.A.’s Husband Pulls Gun on Black Lives Matter Protesters

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Mar 2, 2020 Activists came to Jackie Lacey’s house to protest her handling of police violence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Time for a Referendum on America’s Criminal Injustice System

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 2, 2020 The Los Angeles primary contest for the local district attorney post taps into a national movement to reform local prosecutors' offices. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jessica Cisneros Wants to Unseat Trump’s Favorite Democrat

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 2, 2020 By primarying one of the most right-wing congressional Democrats, the 26-year-old Texas immigration lawyer is helping transform the nation. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 28, 2020 A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

Congress Makes Lynching a Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 26, 2020 The law comes 120 years after Congress first considered such legislation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Stark Difference Between Sanders and Bloomberg on Israel

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 26, 2020 A leading question about Israel on the CBS debate stage gets two very different responses from the two Jewish Democratic candidates. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pioneering NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Dies

BEN FINLEY / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Her death comes a few days after the anniversary of John Glenn’s orbits of the earth on Feb. 20, 1962, for which she played a vital role. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Zionist Colonization of Palestine

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 For more than a century Zionists and, later, Israelis have pursued a project to seize and ethnically cleanse Palestinian land. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Latinx Vote Might Carry ‘Tío Bernie’ to Victory

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 22, 2020 Sanders is winning over the nation’s largest minority voting bloc — and that could make the difference in Nevada and beyond. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )