By Jon JeterNov 8, 2019
A new book uses multiple instruments to dissect the illiberal American mind, returning always to Ground Zero: racism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Jon Queally / Common DreamsSep 3, 2019
The 16-year-old Swede has become a favorite target of reactionaries across the globe. They know a legitimate threat when they see one. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigJan 11, 2019
In an age of alternative facts, this new edition of the classic "Lies My Teacher Told Me" is an essential cornerstone of historical literacy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Spenser Rapone / TruthdigOct 24, 2018
Robert E. Lee is practically a fixture on campus. What will it take for the academy to pull down these totems of white supremacy? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Jacob Sugarman / TruthdigOct 8, 2018
On the heels of Kavanaugh's confirmation, we must remind ourselves that the words 'Equal Justice Before the Law' have always been a sham. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigSep 24, 2018
Political and media elites from both major parties may now consider Trump a threat, but their reasons and potential fixes are in line with their own interests. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigJun 24, 2018
Spenser Rapone—dismissed by some of his classmates at West Point as the “communist cadet”—courageously confronted the military’s toxic hyper-masculinity, misogyny, racism and role as the enforcer for global capitalism. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Paul Street / CounterPunchJan 22, 2018
The real Martin Luther King—not a sanitized version—was a democratic socialist who believed the U.S. had to reconstruct its whole system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Norman Solomon / TruthdigJan 15, 2018
The Maryland senator—facing a primary contest with the whistleblower—is one of the loudest and most prominent voices calling for hostility toward Russia and deserves to be challenged. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Danny Goldberg / TruthdigSep 26, 2017
“The Vietnam War” series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS does not present, as its makers claim, a balanced view of the war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigSep 24, 2017
"History" often is a tool for keeping power in the hands of the elite. The controversy over Confederate monuments points up the mendacious national narrative that has been spoon-fed to Americans. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigSep 6, 2017
Now is not the time for the progressive majority to see elections and patience as ways to confront ecocidal evil in power. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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