Cornel West Blasts Ta-Nehisi Coates for Perceived Obama Worship

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2015 The literati darling Ta-Nehisi Coates received some daunting criticism Thursday via Facebook. Political commentator and professor Dr. Cornel West has countered Toni Morrison’s glowing comparison of the author to James Baldwin with a politically charged status update. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Perils of the Public Intellectual: Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson’s Attack on Cornel West

By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch Apr 30, 2015 Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson resents West’s critique of Obama’s domestic and foreign policies. But rather than weigh these criticisms, he positions West as a spurned lover, angry and bitter that he did not get a ticket to Obama’s 2008 inauguration. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Rise of the New Black Radicals

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 27, 2015 A new generation of young black radicals is opting for revolution—a generation that sees through the facade of the corporate state and has rejected as sellouts Obama, Sharpton, Jackson, Dyson and others among the African-American political elite. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Cornel West: ‘We Live in an Age of Sellouts [and] Love of Money, Money, Money, Money’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 18, 2015 Academic and activist Dr. Cornel West tells David Letterman that President Obama may be a "black face in [a] high place" but doesn't have the "vocal integrity" to stand up for what's right and "deliver justice." And it's not just Obama who's guilty, according to West. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sparking Black Prophetic Fire

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 16, 2014 Radical public intellectual and outspoken activist Cornel West discussed his new book, "Black Prophetic Fire," for over an hour with black liberation theologian James H. Cone in Princeton, N.J., in November. Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges introduced the speakers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cornel West in Ferguson: ‘I Came Here to Go to Jail’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 14, 2014 Dr. Cornel West was arrested in Ferguson, Mo., on Monday during a protest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Young Blacks Question Effectiveness of Peaceful Tactics

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 13, 2014 At an event of mass protest Sunday, young black Americans grew frustrated and angry at an older generation’s peaceful response to the killing of Missouri teenager Michael Brown by police, exposing a generational divide over how best to confront police racism, brutality and excessive force. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ordained to Write

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 13, 2014 Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a journalist as a valid call to the ministry On Oct 5 his ordination -- marked by addresses from James Cone (above) and Cornel West -- finally took place Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a valid call to the ministry 5 his ordination finally took place (Above, ordination speaker James Cone). Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Thomas Paine, Our Contemporary

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 26, 2014 Paine did for the American Revolution what we must do for our present-day revolution against the corporate state: He created a political language that exposed the realities of despotic power and demanded a rational response. Paine did for the American Revolution what we must do for our revolution against the corporate state: He created a political language that exposed the realities of despotic power and demanded a rational response. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies (VIDEO)

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 14, 2014 In "Moby Dick," Herman Melville makes our murderous obsessions, our hubris, violent impulses, moral weakness and inevitable self-destruction visible in his chronicle of a whaling voyage. He is our foremost oracle. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies

BLANK Jan 27, 2014 Chris Hedges takes a page from "Moby Dick" in this speech, in which he sketches out a cautionary tale about the American character and, by extension, the ultimate fate of the human race. Chris Hedges takes a page from "Moby Dick" in this speech, in part a cautionary tale about the American character and, by extension, a broader warning about the fate of the human race. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Sarah Palin Asks Barack Obama to Stop Playing ‘the Race Card’ in Honor of Martin Luther King

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 The former governor of Alaska took the holiday to remind everyone that she is more racially sensitive than the first black president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )