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A ‘Queer History’ of Rick Santorum and Proposition 8

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski on Rick Santorum, Proposition 8, Ellen DeGeneres and gay marriage in Washington state. (This is a pledge show.) Dig deeper

A ‘Queer History’ of Rick Santorum and Proposition 8

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski on Rick Santorum, Proposition 8, Ellen DeGeneres and gay marriage in Washington state. (This is a pledge show.)Last week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Howard Zinn: The People’s Historian

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 3, 2010 Howard Zinn, legendary historian, author and activist, died last week at the age of 87. His most famous book is "A People's History of the United States." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Attorney General: On Race, America Is ‘a Nation of Cowards’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2009 Speaking at a Justice Department event in honor of Black History Month, the first black attorney general, appointed by the first black president, acknowledged that America has made progress but warned that "in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." His full remarks, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )