John Oliver on Taking Down Confederate Monuments (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2017 The "Last Week Tonight" host argues that removing the racist symbols is a way to come to terms with American history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When Will We Tear Down U.S. Prisons—’Monuments That Enforce Terror’?

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Sep 29, 2017 The central mission of our incarceration system, black rights advocates say, is to facilitate the removal of African-Americans from society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Take a Knee for Humanity

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Sep 25, 2017 The days of keeping politics out of sports are history. Now is the time for sports figures to use their platforms to lead a global peace movement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Lesson on Slavery for White America

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 22, 2017 The more we know and understand our racist past, the more we can change history for the better—in the present and future. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The United States of Free Speech, Violence and Hypocrisy

Sam Husseini Aug 21, 2017 Pretexts and posturing run throughout the public discourse, dominated by partisan apparatchiks around both Trump and the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Stealth History Lesson in Baltimore

By Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Aug 17, 2017 The city’s removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was Baltimore’s latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Trump’s ‘Long History of Racism’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2017 Trump "openly courted and openly activated the forces of white supremacy in this country," the author says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert E. Lee Still Divides and Kills

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Aug 14, 2017 The icon of the Confederacy and architect of its defeat cost humanity uncounted lives—right up to now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Fall of the Confederacy?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 26, 2015 A native South Carolinian says finishing off the Confederate state of mind will require more than just getting rid of an offensive flag. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Through a Looking Glass Darkly

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White Power to the Rescue

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 28, 2013 As Southern whites sink into economic and cultural despair, more and more are retreating into a fictional past. They ignore Confederate atrocities in a desperate effort to restore what they view as a lost paradise. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Don’t Secede, Just Move

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 14, 2012 There is a growing and idiotic movement by people dissatisfied with American democracy in the form of President Obama's re-election to secede from the union. I have a better idea: Just move. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )