Americans Can’t Decolonize Their Holidays Soon Enough

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 10, 2019 Columbus Day is increasingly being replaced by a celebration of indigenous peoples and their central role in our history and in our future. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Only Way White Supremacy Is Defeated

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 5, 2019 Professor and activist Melina Abdullah dissects the dangers of Donald Trump's presidency, the legacy of the Black Power Movement and more. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Stop Calling Anyone ‘Pocahontas’

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig Nov 29, 2017 Donald Trump's latest insult to Native Americans offers a teachable moment that most of America missed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

It’s Time to Stop Celebrating Columbus Day

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 12, 2015 Honoring Columbus Day means honoring a painful history of colonialism, enslavement, discrimination and land grabs that followed the Italian explorer’s 1492 arrival in the Americas. It's time to stop celebrating it and start celebrating the native cultures that his arrival in the Americas began the process of displacing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

This Columbus Day May Be Over, but Why Isn’t the Ridiculous Holiday Defunct?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 16, 2014 Seriously, why do we still celebrate Columbus Day when, as a "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" segment puts it, Christopher Columbus was a "murderous, egomaniac whose most famous discovery was a case of getting lost and refusing to ask for directions"? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Seattle Replaces Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 7, 2014 Christopher Columbus was a genocidal maniac who is celebrated annually for "discovering" a land that was already inhabited by a people he would go on to enslave, torture and kill. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria Located Near Haiti, Researcher Claims

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2014 An underwater investigator from the U.S. by the name of Barry Clifford believes that he has spotted the submerged hulk of Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria ship, which sank during the Spanish explorer's notorious voyage to the Caribbean in 1492. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Happy Birthday, Howard Zinn

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2012 The beloved historian, social activist and author of “A People’s History of the United States,” would have turned 90 years old on Friday. "Democracy Now!" remembers Zinn with clips from speeches he gave near the end of his life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Giant Columbus Statue ‘Discovers’ Puerto Rican Island

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2011 A 20-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus twice the height of the Statue of Liberty may have finally found a home on the shores of an uninhabited Puerto Rican island after first being shunned by several U.S. cities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Columbus, Marx and Zinn Go to Bolivia

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 What is ironically fictional in "Even the Rain's" story is the intrusion on a volatile situation of a film crew intent on portraying Christopher Columbus’ not entirely benign arrival in the New World. What is ironically fictional in "Even the Rain's" story is the intrusion on a volatile situation of a film crew intent on portraying Columbus’ not entirely benign arrival in the New World. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did a Chinese Eunuch Beat Columbus to America?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 A soon-to-be-unveiled map may prove that an admiral made it to America in 1418. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )