Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 15, 2019
Written after the 45th president was inaugurated, Terrance Hayes’ sonnets have an urgency that will leave readers’ heads spinning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 27, 2015
"For too long, we’ve been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence inflicts upon this nation," said the president at the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the nine killed at Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJun 27, 2015
In the intensifying debate over the Confederate flag, important clues about the true meaning of this seditious symbol are staring us in the face. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
Last week’s horrific shooting at the “Mother Emanuel” church in South Carolina underscored America’s terrible racist past, not to mention present. Dig deeper
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
It was flown by South Carolinians in the fight against the Redcoats during the Revolutionary War and was the first American flag to fly over the South. Best of all, the Moultrie Flag has the word “Liberty” written into the crescent moon, underscoring this key American value, so important for all peoples living in the South. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
As long as gun control is a cause linked to ideology and party -- and as long as the National Rifle Association and its allies claim a monopoly on individual rights arguments -- reasonable steps will be ground to death by the Washington Obstruction Machine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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