Bill Boyarsky on the Inimitable Willie Brown

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Apr 1, 2008 More than a quarter of a century before Barack Obama made his name with a speech at the Democratic National Convention, another African-American politician, Willie L. Brown Jr. of San Francisco, did the same -- but under much different circumstances. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Penn: ‘End Is Near’ for Fox Pundits

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2008 Filming one of his last scenes as Harvey Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay politician, who was assassinated by City Hall colleague Dan White in 1978, Sean Penn got all Method on the crowd of extras assembled to reenact the scene of an important speech Milk made on Gay Freedom Day 30 years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )