Prison Reform

The Communities We’ve Built in Prison

Tony Vick / Filter Aug 7, 2026 Eldercare collectives and other forms of mutual aid in a Tennessee house of correction. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Inside the Growing Movement To Hold Space for Community Grief

April M. Short / IMI Oct 18, 2023 Beginning as a response to environmental trauma, proponents of the trend seek to bring ritual back to a culture that has growingly become "grief-illiterate." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Poor People’s Campaign: An American Movement Hidden in Plain Sight (Audio Photo Essay)

Michael Nigro / Truthdig May 22, 2018 Corporate media are not covering the fight for America's soul, but the establishment will not be able ignore the growing community that is leading it much longer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Has America No Sense of Decency?

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company May 13, 2017 If we are now a failed country, it is not because we have a failed presidency, although we do. It is because we are a failed people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning Pens Thank-You to Fellow Inmates

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 14, 2017 "When I was afraid, you taught me how to keep going," the whistleblower wrote. "When I was lost, you showed me the way." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Rules Edward Nero Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Case, but Social Media Disagrees

Clara Romeo / Truthdig May 24, 2016 Twitter users from diverse backgrounds condemned the American justice system with the trending hashtag #NeroTrial. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Hypocrisy of Criminalizing Unsupervised Kids Playing at a Park

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2014 A majority of Americans think children under the age of 10 shouldn't be left without a guardian at parks; the Brits are developing the first transgender sitcom; meanwhile, college is probably not "doomed," despite speculation to the contrary. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Where Goes the Neighborhood?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 12, 2014 Consider how our definition of "neighborliness" has evolved. Once upon a time, being neighborly meant "reaching out to the people who lived next door" by, among other things, "offering to watch the kids in a pinch." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Year’s Best-Kept Secret: The Next Generation of Community Radio

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jul 11, 2013 A microphone and a radio transmitter in the hands of a community organizer imparts power, which some liken to the life-changing impact when humans first tamed fire. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

More Exposés, Less Action

By Ralph Nader May 23, 2013 This new media landscape is more hostile to the civic community and discourages the younger generation from believing that change is truly within our grasp. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The NYPD’s ‘Moroccan Initiative’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2011 An Associated Press investigative team revealed in an article Thursday ways that, sometime around 2003 or 2004, part of the New York Police Department transformed from being a public security service that solved murders and muggings to a mini domestic intelligence agency that targeted the Moroccan Muslim community. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Muslim Center May Get a Tax Break

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2010 In news sure to stir the ire of opponents of the ”Ground Zero mosque,” a spokesman for New York City Comptroller John Liu has said that the proposed Muslim community center might qualify for tax-free financing, in effect a public subsidy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )