Allen Barra / TruthdigJun 18, 2016
The sportscaster and boxer were cut from the same cloth. While Cosell didn’t dodge punches like Ali, both men lived with unflinching integrity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigMay 2, 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s fight against Manny Pacquiao will be the highest-grossing boxing match in history. The allure? In part, a narrative that pits polar-opposite combatants in a kind of "Rocky" scenario. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 5, 2014
Jose Ramirez could have walked away from Avenal, Calif., where the jobs are drying up like the ground, but he's determined to save his community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigApr 21, 2014
You had to be there! Jesse Jackson, in the company of the real life Rubin "Hurricane" Carter at a jailhouse screening of "The Hurricane" before a mostly black and brown audience whose future prospects seemed as drab as their faded inmate uniforms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 21, 2014
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the middleweight boxer whose life outside the ring took on as much significance as his sports career when he was charged with murder in 1966, died in Toronto on Sunday after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 76. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigSep 16, 2013
The danger of online racism is that people seem to get away with it and public disapproval in the form of reports like this one do not appear to have the same effect in lessening racist speech as disapproval does in face-to-face encounters.The danger of online racism is that people seem to get away with it and public disapproval is less effective. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 28, 2012
A recent study shows blacks in the U.S. are more likely to identify as gay than other ethnic groups; saggy pants have become illegal in a Florida city; meanwhile, Mitt Romney's work for big tobacco is at odds with his professed Mormon beliefs. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigApr 22, 2010
For the first time in Obama's presidency, Republicans are uncertain as to whether resolute opposition to a Democratic idea is in their political interest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 20, 2010
The president didn’t mince words Monday during a Los Angeles fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer's bid for re-election, warning “she might not win this thing.” One poll has Boxer about even with the competition, which has yet to be decided by state Republicans. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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