Melting Pot

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What Are College Students Across the U.S. Protesting? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 13, 2015 Student protests erupting across the nation have exposed a deep undercurrent of dissatisfaction driven by race and class. A University of California professor explains the race end of the equation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: New Canadian Prime Minister Appoints Diverse Cabinet With Equal Numbers of Women and Men

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2015 Asked why gender equality is so important to him, the newly elected Justin Trudeau simply explained, "Because it's 2015." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Bernie Sanders Win Minority Hearts, and Votes?

Thor Benson / Truthdig Jul 31, 2015 The presidential candidate is little known among minorities He will have to convince those communities that his focus on economic inequality is tightly tied to their interests, too His focus on income inequality may reflect a belief by the presidential candidate that the most important way to help both minority and white communities is to ensure that everyone gets a fair chance at making it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

African-Americans Make Up Less Than 2 Percent of Facebook and Twitter Staff

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 3, 2015 Despite the rainbow nature of their users, recent statistics reveal a staggering lack of workforce diversity. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How About Diversifying Newsrooms for a Change?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 Media organizations would benefit from fresh faces from a variety of backgrounds; protesters want the Gates Foundation to stop giving money to private prisons; meanwhile, a man is serving a life sentence in prison for lending his friend a car and going to bed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Social Security’s Launch Was Also Botched

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2013 Plenty of government programs had rough starts, but no one remembers anymore; mysterious phallic sculptures are disappearing from a tourist site in Iran; meanwhile, America is nowhere near as diverse as we think. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: A Whimper, Not a Bang

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 24, 2013 The Supreme Court on Monday finally issued a ruling on the case challenging the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions program that it heard eight months ago, but it was by no means a sweeping decision on the issue of affirmative action. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In Los Angeles, a Different Kind of Political Race

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 L.A. is having an election for mayor, a slogging, nuts-and-bolts sort of contest that doesn't resemble the popular image of this challenging city. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cabinet Diversity

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Happy Holidays From Truthdig

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 Our annual holiday animation by Mr. Fish focuses this year on diversity. Enjoy! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Wall Street Is United in Its Diversity

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David Cay Johnston wrote Friday that the Occupy Wall Street protests are unlike any demonstrations he has seen in more than 40 years, and that the reasons the movement differs so much are the same reasons why it could succeed in sparking major change. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )