Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigFeb 3, 2018
Our society descended from colonial Virginia's sinister caste system, in which race, class, labor and slavery were inextricably linked. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / Informed CommentJan 15, 2018
On a 1957 trip to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain, King and his wife, Coretta, learned the sordid story of colonial oppression. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 13, 2018
Martin Luther King Day has become a yearly ritual to turn a black radical into a red-white-and-blue icon. It is a day filled with old sound bites about little black children and little white children that, given the state of America, would enrage King. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Chelsey Luger / TruthdigNov 22, 2017
It’s impossible to say how much money, land and lives indigenous people have lost to colonization over the years, but it’s worth a look—especially now, on Thanksgiving. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 31, 2017
U.S. policy has promoted the economic and religious right. The idea that it has been good for women in the global south is ludicrous. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Glen Ford / Black Agenda ReportJun 13, 2017
Even if the Vermont senator ran with the People's Party, he would remain, in the eyes of his critics, a warmonger by virtue of his positions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentMay 24, 2017
Although decades apart, both terrorist attacks were reactions against a history of colonialism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Sarah Lazare / AlterNetDec 27, 2016
Instead of coming to the aid of George Ciccariello-Maher, who has received death threats, Drexel University issued a statement on Christmas condemning the associate professor's tweet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Robert Fantina / World Beyond WarSep 29, 2016
The U.S. military encourages terms such as "camel jockey" or "raghead" to demean freedom fighters in the deserts of the Middle East. And all the while it proclaims itself a beacon of freedom and democracy, a fairy tale not believed much outside its own borders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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