New Year Reflections

Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons Jan 2, 2015 Dig deeper

Policing

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Dec 31, 2014 Dig deeper

Respect

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Dec 30, 2014 Dig deeper

Incitement to Violence

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Dec 27, 2014 Dig deeper

NYPD and Protesters

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Dec 24, 2014 Dig deeper

NYPD

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Dig deeper

‘A Call For Justice Shouldn’t Offend or Disrespect Anybody; It Shouldn’t Warrant an Apology’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 Some people are a bit peeved at the fact that protests against injustices such as the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice are causing traffic or getting in the way of their holiday shopping. Or worse yet, seeping into professional sports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stop and Frisk

Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons Dec 16, 2014 Dig deeper

Thousands Fill Streets to Protest Police Racism and Brutality (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 14, 2014 Thousands of Americans took to the streets Saturday in Washington, D.C., New York, Boston and elsewhere to protest grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of young black men. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How an Undercover Cop at a Protest Proved Why We Need to Protest Police Violence

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2014 An undercover agent encouraged protesters at a demonstration in Oakland, Calif., against recent police killings to commit crimes, then pulled his gun out on them; a group of net neutrality activists interrupted an FCC meeting to demand commissioners "Reclassify Now!"; meanwhile, a Bible-themed amusement park in Kentucky lost its tax exemptions due to religious discrimination. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Black Bodies, Broken Worlds and a Post-Tax Society

By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch Dec 11, 2014 Somewhere in America tonight, another poor person who the police deem a threat will be killed. Tomorrow another, and then another. These deaths are not an outrage against this system. They are normal for this system. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ferguson Protesters Named Runners-Up for Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ Issue

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 10, 2014 While Time magazine chose Ebola fighters as the 2014 "Person of the Year," the runners-up include the Ferguson protesters whose "refusal to let a life be forgotten turned a local shooting into a national movement." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )