Economic Justice

Meet the Plutocrats Buying Up the American Dream

Sam Pizzigati / Inequality.org Jan 8, 2024 How America’s wealthiest are systematically locking modest-income families out of the housing market. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Home for Christmas

Dave Whamond Dec 18, 2023 Dig deeper

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 )

Resisting a World That Privileges Whiteness—While We Still Can

Renee Hudson / Los Angeles Review of Books Sep 13, 2019 As Latinx authors contend with Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric, their work has become a site of resistance, of hope, of sorrow. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: The American Dream Is Built on a Myth

Robert Reich / Truthdig Aug 7, 2019 We like to believe anyone in the U.S. can make it by pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. It couldn't be further from the truth. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The American Dream Is Alive and Well—in China

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Jun 13, 2019 The majority of Chinese families own their homes outright, while fewer than 65% of Americans do. What gives? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

American History for Truthdiggers: Wealth, Squalor in the Progressive Era

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Oct 27, 2018 Populism and progressivism were fueled by idealistic dreams, but in the end they were dragged down by self-interest and racism. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Trump Says Settlers ‘Tamed a Continent.’ Now for Indigenous People’s Side.

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig May 28, 2018 The president’s statements in a commencement speech perpetuate a cruel, white supremacist version of what happened after Europeans set foot on North America. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

We Are Teachers, Not Warriors or Heroes

Belle Chesler / TomDispatch Mar 8, 2018 No, thank you: I do not want to hold the gun being thrust into my hand and I cannot meet the demand to be a shield. Neither figuratively nor physically can I save my students. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Echoes of Alt-Right Worldview in Speech

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 31, 2018 While painting a powerful picture of the U.S. economy, Trump also trotted out his favorite scapegoats, ones he has repeatedly vilified since his rise to political prominence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants Serving Posh Montecito

JULIE WATSON / The Associated Press Jan 20, 2018 Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from migrant families working in service jobs in the largely white and wealthy Pacific Coast town of 9,000. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 13, 2018 Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )