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Why Protests Work, Even When They’re Divisive

Mark Engler, Paul Engler / Waging Nonviolence Jul 12, 2024 Organizers must learn to embrace the polarizing nature of protest in order to use it effectively. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Imperialist America, 50 Years After MLK’s Gospel of Nonviolence

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Apr 6, 2018 The same racist, warmongering social forces prevail as during Martin Luther King Jr.'s time. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Twitter Mirth Erupts After Fox’s Steve Emerson Reveals ‘No-Go’ Zone for Non-Muslims in U.K.

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 13, 2015 Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network, delivered himself of the most remarkable set of weird conspiracy theories on Fox Cable News in which he claimed there were extensive Muslim no-go zones in Europe that amounted to a stealth caliphate ruled by Shariah enforcers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Bomb Blast That Still Echoes, a Half-Century Later

BLANK Sep 15, 2013 The bombing deaths of four Birmingham girls on this day 50 years ago changed the nation's outlook on civil rights. But did it lead to real change? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2013 May 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Martin Luther King Jr’s plea for white Americans to recognize the rights and humanity of their black fellow citizens We reprint his letter in full’s plea for Americans to recognize the rights and humanity of their black fellow citizens. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Alabama County Goes Really, Really Bankrupt

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2011 Hey, anyone want to bail Alabama out? More specifically, Jefferson County in the Heart of Dixie, which includes the fair city of Birmingham and is also a gobsmacking $3 billion in the hole from a botched sewer deal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )