Michael Bloomberg’s Defense of Racist Policing Unearthed in Audio

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 11, 2020 “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Rejects Trump Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Nov 6, 2019 The directive, not yet in effect. called for allowing clinicians to refuse participation in services like abortions based on their beliefs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Charged With Discrimination for Targeted Housing Ads

The Associated Press Mar 28, 2019 The U.S. housing agency says the platform lets advertisers exclude people based on gender, religion and immigration and parental status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Settles Suits Over Ad-Targeting Discrimination

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Mar 19, 2019 The social network agrees to overhaul its practices to root out bias, allow oversight and pay fees in "historic" and "sweeping" agreement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 22, 2019 "We will all keep fighting to take down this discriminatory ban," declares ACLU staff attorney Chase Strangio. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Considering Major Civil Rights Law Changes: Report 

Ilana Novick Jan 3, 2019 It would make discrimination cases a lot harder to prove. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Palestinian Poet Convicted of Incitement

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 3, 2018 Her arrest after she posted her work on social media was condemned by more than 150 high-profile writers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Campaign to Exterminate Muslims

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 8, 2018 Israel’s slaughter of unarmed Gazans doesn’t bother most Americans because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. We and others live in a world where murder and racism are state policy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why We Need Black Feminism More Than Ever Under Trump

Shannon Weber / AlterNet Feb 20, 2018 If progressives want to retake Congress in 2018, they will need to embrace the contributions of black feminism at the national level. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Not Just Boy or Girl: More Teens Identify as Transgender

LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated Press Feb 5, 2018 A study of ninth- and 11th-graders in Minnesota estimates that nearly 2,200 consider themselves transgender or gender nonconforming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lessons for Both Sexes in ‘Grace’s’ Aziz Ansari Story

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 18, 2018 Just as men must re-evaluate the manner in which they pursue women, women must learn to discard the layers of socialization that teach us to value men's pleasure over our own. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigrant ‘Warriors for Justice’ Return to Their Roots

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 20, 2017 Latino grass-roots organizers in Los Angeles are resisting the Trump administration's assaults in ways that would make their forebears proud. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )