Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. / ProPublica Oct 29, 2016 Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

All Votes Matter: When Will Discrimination End at the Ballot Box?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 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 )

The New Jim Crow: Has the Right Finally Repealed the Civil Rights Act?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 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 )

Obama and the Johnson Legacy: Recollecting the Great Society

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

LBJ’s Way

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 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 )

Equal Rights

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Voter Fraud Prevention

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Did Arizona Just Do a Kansas?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Macklemore Fights Homophobia With ‘Same Love’ at Grammys

Staff / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Rethinking Black History Month

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Mar 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 )

Robert Caro, LBJ and the Pursuit of Power

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 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 )

What’s Not to Like About Civil Rights?

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Jun 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 )