Sarah Wesley / TruthdigFeb 4, 2017
The 2016 documentary has given a voice to African-Americans, who now have more tools to fight for truth and justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 2, 2016
Even for blacks with six-figure incomes, housing values in predominantly black neighborhoods have not bounced back as in comparable white areas, a Washington Post analysis finds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence”—the Truthdig editor-in-chief’s podcast on KCRW—author, professor and activist D. Watkins discusses his book about life in Baltimore and why he has chosen to stay in the struggling city. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )
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By Elaine ElinsonFeb 19, 2016
Honoring Black History Month, Truthdig takes a look at a book that asks: Now that today's public schools are more racially segregated than in the ’60s, now that black men and women are being gunned down by police at alarming rates, and now that black men are six times more likely than white men to be behind bars, "What happened to the civil rights movement?" Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 10, 2016
“It seems that we—black people—are her winning card,” writes Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow,” at The Nation. “And it seems we’re eager to get played. Again.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 6, 2015
While one glance at the news about recent police killings would probably lead you to assume that more unarmed minorities are killed than are weaponless whites, the actual numbers might astound you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 11, 2015
“Once one of the grandest cities in the entire north-east, the story of Newburgh’s decline and the fight to resurrect it is the story of the struggle of many cities in the United States, a story that says much about how the nation views its urban centres, and the problems and challenges that go with them,” writes The Guardian's Michael Deibert. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 10, 2015
As evidence of the police killing of South Carolina man Walter Scott continues to pile up, “Democracy Now!” co-host Juan González asks in a column for the New York Daily News, "How many more heartbreaking videos of cops killing black males must we endure?” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Greg Palast / TruthdigMar 6, 2015
Fifty years after King's march from Selma, new methods are being used to block African-Americans from voting: Jim Crow has become Dr. James Crow, systems analyst. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 6, 2014
After a second night of massive protests in New York City against a grand jury's failure to indict NYPD officers in the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner, "Democracy Now!" hosts an explosive roundtable discussion on police racism against black Americans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigApr 11, 2014
A new biography of Paul Robeson delves into his remarkable political activism, while revealing a pernicious social order determined to destroy its most effective and outspoken critics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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