America the Great … Police State
Sep 27, 2016 Let us accept that we are no longer a republic governed by laws—only by armed men and force. This is just like the days of Billy the Kid. You have an armed man going down a dusty street, and that is authority. And it has come to this for us.
Barack Obama Helped Us Peer Into the Racial Divide
Jul 16, 2016 It may take years to fully appreciate how dramatically this presidency has bent the arc of history toward justice.
America the Great … Police State
Aug 2, 2012 Truthdig was proud to be the home of Gore Vidal's essays over the last six years In a tribute to his legacy, we'll be rerunning his great works In this essay, written in 2009, Vidal wants us to accept that the US is no longer a republic, no longer governed by laws -- only by armed men and force .
So Much for the Promised Land
Aug 3, 2009 The most prominent faces of color, such as President Obama or Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr., mask an insidious new racism that, in essence, tells blacks they have enough, that progress has been made and that it is up to them to take advantage of what society offers them.The new racism tells blacks that progress has been made and it's their fault if they don't succeed.
Summit Up
Jul 31, 2009‘Left, Right & Center’: Health Care Gets Critical
Jul 25, 2009 So we won't have a solution to the health care conundrum before summer's end -- and maybe not before the end of 2009, either -- but for millions of Americans, this issue is a top priority. Who's going to pay? Bob Scheer, Matt Miller and Tony Blankley cast their votes on this week's show.
Obama Invites Prof. Gates, Sgt. Crowley to White House
Jul 25, 2009 The strange saga involving an African-American Harvard professor, a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a crash course in racial politics may have reached a (somewhat) happy ending -- or at least an interesting one -- now that President Obama has invited Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House to try to work it all out together.
Prof. Gates Tells His Side of the Story, Chastises Policeman
Jul 22, 2009 Looks like Harvard professor and race scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. won't face criminal charges after last Thursday's unfortunate confrontation with a Cambridge, Mass., police officer, but the incident definitely touched off some reactions well beyond Harvard Square. Meanwhile, Gates has given his account of what happened and has called for an apology from the officer in question.The 21st Century Color Line
Jul 22, 2009 As it moves into its second century, the NAACP is, unfortunately, as relevant as ever.
