Immigration

From Death to Doughnuts: Why Immigrants Dream of America

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: We look at America's birthday through the eyes and words of refugees. Also, Hobby Lobby's religious freedom and the war on women. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert: Child Immigration Influx Clearly Obama’s Plot to Tip Voting Scales

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 28, 2014 Obviously the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. border after having journeyed all the way from Central America have been brought in by President Obama in hopes they'll grow up to vote him in again in a few years. That doesn't sound crazy at all, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Children on the Run: The Deepening Immigration Crisis

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 12, 2014 Have you seen the pictures? All the kids, sleeping on floors in row upon row, detained by the Department of Homeland Security. There are more children coming in every day, and the federal government doesn't know where to keep them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Fed Up’ Promises to Change the Way You Eat

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A new movie from the producer of "An Inconvenient Truth" and Katie Couric takes on the American diet. Also: A look at the border industrial complex, and a broken promise to help Filipino immigrants send aid to victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jose Antonio Vargas’ ‘Documented’ on Plight of Undocumented to Air on CNN After Theatrical Release

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 5, 2014 I was privileged to see a special screening of Jose Antonio Vargas’ breathlessly awaited documentary, “Documented,” when I was in Los Angeles last week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Interview: ‘Documented: A Film by an Undocumented American’

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2014 Amy Goodman speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas about his new documentary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer on the Meaning of May Day

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer talks immigration and organizing, Donald Sterling has been a confirmed bigot since at least 2009, and a proposed press shield law leaves Glenn Greenwald exposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 28th Amendment: Getting the Money Out of Politics

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The movement to kill corporate personhood hits the road, Sonia Sotomayor dissents, the state of immigration reform, and Free Press tries to save the Internet from the FCC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Triumph of the Immigrant American Spirit: Meb Keflezighi and the Boston Marathon

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 On Monday, Boston responded with its vigorous spirit of community and transcendence to the cowardly terrorism that marred the marathon in 2013, coming out in record numbers for this year's event. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )