Race

Whitewashing ‘Watchmen’

Leslie Lee / Truthdig Dec 21, 2019 There’s more than a little tragic irony in how HBO’s version of the classic comic fumbled so spectacularly on racial politics. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

One Way Ralph Northam Can Redeem Himself

Kali Holloway / Independent Media Institute Feb 14, 2019 If the Virginia governor is really interested in racial reconciliation, he can start by removing his state's Confederate monuments. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

West Point Can’t Hide Its Reverence for the Confederacy

Spenser Rapone / Truthdig Oct 24, 2018 Robert E. Lee is practically a fixture on campus. What will it take for the academy to pull down these totems of white supremacy? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Politics

American History for Truthdiggers: Reconstruction, a Failed Experiment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Sep 29, 2018 After many thousands of Northerners died in a war aimed in part at freeing the slaves, white America lacked the will to follow through. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Spike Lee Returns to Form With the Entertaining and Relevant ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Aug 9, 2018 The “Do the Right Thing” Oscar nominee is in play again this awards season with a refreshing, in-your-face look at racism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump, Deplorables and the Lie of the ‘Noble Cause’

By Mark Lloyd Aug 15, 2017 The roots of racism run deep in America. Trump's presidency has emboldened right-wingers and white supremacists to fight to preserve their legacy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Moonlight’: Baptism by Hope

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 28, 2016 With minimal plot and dialogue, director Barry Jenkins turns familiar elements of a hardscrabble coming-of-age story into an extraordinary, even transcendent, cinematic feat. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘13th’ School Their Viewers on America’s Racial Legacy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 7, 2016 Directors Ava DuVernay and Nate Parker make searingly urgent cases that America’s legacy of slavery and systemic racism is not at all just a relic of the past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Old Rape Case Clouds Director Nate Parker’s New ‘Birth of a Nation’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2016 As the publicity machine gears up for the release of the bold reimagining of the 1915 classic, a case involving Parker, who also stars, and co-writer Jean Celestin from their college days has been getting attention. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Los Angeles Film Festival Reframes African-American Struggle With Two Empowering Films

Sarah Wesley / Truthdig Jun 10, 2016 In this era of submissive-slave characters, black tokenism and underrepresentation of people of color in Hollywood, "The House on Coco Road" and the 2016 version of "The Birth of a Nation" flip the script. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Civil Rights: From Sundance, to Selma, to South Carolina

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 On March 21, 1915, a motion picture was screened for the first time inside the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )