Virginians Deserve to Have Local Control Over Confederate Monuments

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2020 A bill headed to the Virginia state Legislature would let communities decide what messages they want to convey through their public spaces. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Right-Wingers in High Places Are Keeping Racist Statues Standing

By Kali Holloway / Independent Media Institute Aug 7, 2018 It's a clash of ideas and values that might be characterized as Charlottesville versus the neo-Confederacy. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The American Museum of Racist A**holes (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Aug 24, 2017 With Confederate monuments being taken down, covered up or destroyed, it’s time to decide what to do with these statues. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Cultural Integration, ‘People Will Always Need to Create Others‘

Eden Collinsworth / Truthdig Aug 16, 2017 In "Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex and Business," the author unravels how we make moral choices in our ethically flexible age. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Protests, Vigils Around U.S. Decry White Supremacist Rally

By Jennifer Peltz and Phuong Le / Associated Press Aug 14, 2017 People converged around the country Sunday to denounce hatred and racism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Confederate Voting

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Star-Spangled Banner

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, Cagle Cartoons Sep 14, 2016 Dig deeper

Mississippi Yearning: Students Hope to Remove an Old and Odious Symbol

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 22, 2015 Students at the University of Mississippi have been organizing to force the removal of the state flag from campus. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

George Zimmerman Joins Forces With Anti-Muslim Gun Seller to Push Confederate Flag Art

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 19, 2015 If someone had entered, in some mythical headline generator, all the key ingredients to produce the perfect mashup of utter racist nonsense from recent American history, this might be it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘White People’ Provokes Strong Reactions From Twitter Users, Including Creator Jose Antonio Vargas

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2015 People of color tended to comment on the fleeting nature of racial reflection, while others peppered the documentary with accusations of bias. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

That Time a KKK March Was Set to the Oompah Sounds of a Rogue Sousaphone

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 When members of the Ku Klux Klan marched to keep the Confederate flag flying in South Carolina on Saturday, a clever objector came up with a priceless and highly effective form of protest, which was captured on video and immediately went viral. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Recycle

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Jul 20, 2015 Dig deeper