black lives matter

Activism

How To Infiltrate Your Local Democratic Headquarters

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report Jul 29, 2025 The most effective political power flows up from the bottom, one precinct committee member at a time. And it's a job you can do. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Race

Empty Promises: Five Years After the Death of George Floyd

Alexis Wray, Eden Turner, Sabreen Dawud / The 19th May 23, 2025 Activists were once hopeful that outrage over Floyd's death would improve racial equity for Black Americans. Now they worry the country is going in the opposite direction. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Activism

Challenging Police Impunity Under Trump

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! May 9, 2025 Holding law enforcement accountable has become more difficult as the Justice Department moves to stem oversight of problematic departments. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Politics

How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump

Andy Kroll, Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica 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. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Race

The Effort To Defund Racial Justice

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Capital & Main 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. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Interview

The Unlikely Candidate: A Q&A With Melina Abdullah

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Apr 18, 2024 The Black Lives Matter co-founder has joined the ticket in Cornel West’s campaign of “truth, justice and love.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Women

The #MeToo Movement Wasn’t a Fad, It Marked a Systemic Shift

Mark Engler and Paul Engler / Waging Nonviolence 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. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

TD Column

The MAGAfication of California’s Largest School District

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Oct 4, 2023 A right-wing parents' group is attacking decades of progress in L.A.'s deeply unequal public education system. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

A Decade of Black Lives Matter

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig 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

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TD Interview

A BLM Founder Looks Back and Ahead

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jul 12, 2023 While racial equity progress is slow, Melina Abdullah sees enough hope to continue Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

Hostile Takeover in Jackson

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Apr 20, 2023 The Mississippi GOP’s attack on local power in the Black-majority capital has outraged and galvanized city lawmakers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia

Michael Kwet / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )