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Activism
Challenging Police Impunity Under Trump
May 9, 2025 Holding law enforcement accountable has become more difficult as the Justice Department moves to stem oversight of problematic departments.
Politics
How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
Apr 28, 2025 As interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Martin has fired career prosecutors, dropped Capitol riot cases and launched sweeping probes into Trump’s political enemies.
Race
The Effort To Defund Racial Justice
Aug 22, 2024 In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, a flurry of funding went to Black nonprofits. That funding is now being pulled back amidst a right-wing backlash.
TD Interview
The Unlikely Candidate: A Q&A With Melina Abdullah
Apr 18, 2024 The Black Lives Matter co-founder has joined the ticket in Cornel West’s campaign of “truth, justice and love.”
Women
The #MeToo Movement Wasn’t a Fad, It Marked a Systemic Shift
Nov 30, 2023 It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible without such work.
TD Column
The MAGAfication of California’s Largest School District
Oct 4, 2023 A right-wing parents' group is attacking decades of progress in L.A.'s deeply unequal public education system.
TD Original
A Decade of Black Lives Matter
Jul 12, 2023 Ten years after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, what has the movement accomplished?2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Activism Journalism
TD Interview
A BLM Founder Looks Back and Ahead
Jul 12, 2023 While racial equity progress is slow, Melina Abdullah sees enough hope to continue
TD Original
Hostile Takeover in Jackson
Apr 20, 2023 The Mississippi GOP’s attack on local power in the Black-majority capital has outraged and galvanized city lawmakers.
TD Original
The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia
Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries.
Opinion