Hollywood Gets a Clue About Inclusion, Meryl Streep Gets Political at 2017 Golden Globes (Video)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 9, 2017 This year's Golden Globes outperforms recent Academy Awards in terms of minority representation, and Globes honoree Meryl Streep denounces Donald Trump's campaign-trail "performance." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Atlanta Mayor’s Column Attacking Bernie Sanders Was Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2016 The hit piece was primarily written by a corporate lobbyist and edited by Correct the Record, one of several pro-Clinton Super PACs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Remembering Julian Bond: Civil Rights Luminary and Southern Poverty Law Center Co-Founder

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 17, 2015 He rose to national prominence as a vocal force in the civil rights movement, and over the long arc of his career, Julian Bond blended the personal and political in ways that created and transformed societal structures. Bond, 75, died Saturday in the Gulf Coast city of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Atlanta’s Guns

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Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by Police Near Atlanta

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 26, 2015 Witnesses told investigators that a police officer did not need to use lethal force against an unarmed black man who was killed outside Atlanta for behavior that may have been influenced by a diagnosed bipolar disorder. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CDC Misfile

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Atlanta’s Demise

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Beverly Hall

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Testing on Humans

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 Never mind, data is good, data is great. It can’t hurt to give the tests, right? Oh, but it can, it really can. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Test Score Racket

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform -- requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students' standardized test scores -- is at best a well-intentioned mistake, and at worst nothing but a racket. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alexander Cockburn at Ease

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Fashion, tips for surviving a police encounter, and why we might all be better off when the American empire crumbles are among the subjects the late CounterPunch editor Alexander Cockburn rapped about in a conversation in the Deep South sometime during the summer of 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI Engaged in Large-Scale Group Profiling

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2011 Researchers at the ACLU recently uncovered an FBI program that uses census data to draw maps that link racial and ethnic communities to certain types of crimes. The investigations, known under the names of "assessments" and "domain management," appear to have been going on for several years. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )