Bernie Sanders’ Opposition to Trade Agreements Offers Strong Policy Advantage Over Hillary Clinton

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2016 Show us the income equality. Bernie Sanders' economic message worked in Michigan and is resonating with blue-collar workers across America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taking On Corporations That Pollute Communities Not With Chemicals but With Poverty Wages

By Liz Ryan Murray / OtherWords Mar 6, 2016 Economic justice activists across the country are demanding that corporate polluters pay a price for low wages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 14, 2016 “Bernie Sanders and his supporters are bending the arc of history toward justice,” write the magazine’s editors. “We believe such a revolution is not only possible but necessary—and that’s why we’re endorsing Bernie Sanders for president.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Terrorism, Immigration and Islam: Fear Is the GOP’s Trump Card

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 19, 2015 The importance of who gets to set the agenda in the presidential race was brought home by a new poll released this week. Concerns related to race, immigration and attitudes toward Islam divide the country deeply. That's the agenda the Republicans want to be paramount. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cornel West Compares Bernie Sanders With Jesse Jackson

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 Bernie Sanders’ most high-profile black supporter describes the socialist senator's presidential campaign as “even more progressive” than those of Democratic insurgent Jesse Jackson in the 1980s. In an interview, West also touches on the issue of Israel. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Far Left Needs to Relax a Little and Support Bernie Sanders

By William Kaufman, CounterPunch Sep 19, 2015 Sanders' leftist critics can fantasize that they are doing humanity a great service by scoffing at his campaign, but who is making greater strides toward triggering the mass enlightenment that is key to empowering the oppressed? Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Hires a Black Woman as Press Secretary

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 9, 2015 Amid a spate of confrontations initiated by Black Lives Matter protesters over the presidential candidate’s supposed inattentiveness to the plight of black Americans, the Vermont senator has recruited Symone Sanders to his campaign staff. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Historian Weighs In on Racism and Economic Inequality

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 1, 2015 What were “slavery, colonialism, Jim Crow, and urban apartheid if not extreme forms of economic inequality?” Seth Ackerman asks in the magazine Jacobin. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Here’s the Terrible Mistake Progressives Must Not Make

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 25, 2015 Of course black lives matter. But it would be a mistake for progressives to split into separate "Black lives matter" and "economic justice" movements. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Ebola, Wall Street, Midterms and Freezing Eggs

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss President Obama's appointment of an Ebola czar, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's concern over economic inequality in the U.S., Silicon Valley's egg-freezing employee benefits and the outlook for both parties in the upcoming election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Big Trouble in Little Antelope Valley

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 26, 2013 In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals of jobs and freedom.In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of MLK’s goals of jobs and freedom. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )