E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigAug 20, 2015
It would have been lovely if Ari Berman's new book, "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America," could simply have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Instead, it is even more useful as a guide to what still needs to be done. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 19, 2014
The 45 million African-Americans in the United States are unequal before the law vis-a-vis European-Americans and becoming more so. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2014
President Obama appeared in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night to deliver that rarest of speeches: a tribute to a former president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, whose administration still remains in controversy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigApr 12, 2014
The Johnson comeback brings with it a new appreciation of the durability of the reforms enacted on his watch. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 20, 2014
Kansas and Arizona seem to be in a competition for which state can pass the most anti-gay legislation; the government wants to create a national database to track license plate locations; and a photo captures how the Civil Rights Act lost Democrats the white working-class vote. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 28, 2014
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert and Madonna together performed the anti-homophobic bigotry song "Same Love" live at the Grammys on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigMar 1, 2013
The modern civil rights movement occurred long before millions of Americans were born, but many participants and observers are still available to recount their stories. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 12, 2012
Robert Caro has so far spent 36 years writing the saga of Lyndon Johnson -- more time than the ambitious Texan spent climbing from Congress to the White House. Caro just released his fourth installment, “The Passage of Power,” which chronicles Johnson’s exit from a strong position in the Senate into the relative powerlessness of the vice presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either It’s about government interference with privacy rights But what Paul and others may not be remembering is that race, violence and privacy rights go hand in hand For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
The Kentucky state Senate has passed a resolution to let it be known that all varieties of discrimination are officially not OK in the Bluegrass State. Whether Rand Paul is paying attention to that gesture was unclear at press time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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