Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMay 14, 2015
When death occurs at police hands, the easiest story line is “white cops versus black kids,” but it’s much more complicated. "Manifest Justice," a Los Angeles event that included Trayvon Martin's mother, looked at the issue. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigMay 13, 2015
The family of the biracial 19-year-old appeals for calm after it was announced that Matt Kenny, the officer involved in the March fatal shooting, will not face charges. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigMay 8, 2015
Supporters of the ailing journalist charge that Pennsylvania, having failed to formally execute him, is now intent on letting him die through medical neglect in prison. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Amy Goodman / TruthdigMay 7, 2015
"You want to get older. You want to experience life. You don't want to die in a matter of seconds because of cops." It's that sentiment that has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement across the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Michael Gould-Wartofsky, TomDispatchMay 6, 2015
Equate dissidents with domestic terrorists; arm police with "less-lethal" weapons; replace humans with robots. Here is a step-by-step guide, based on the latest developments in the security sector, on how to police a protest movement in the new age of domestic counterinsurgency. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigMay 6, 2015
The first two steps toward uplifting young black men are simple: Stop killing them and stop locking them in prison for nonviolent offenses. Subsequent steps are harder. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 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 )
China Okasi / TruthdigApr 21, 2015
The lack of room for possibility in identity, the lack of room for people to be dynamic beings, is dangerous -- even cultish. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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