TD Column

Discipline and Punish

Victoria Livingstone / Truthdig May 7, 2025 Attacks on international students are part of a bigger project to suppress critical thought and demand obedience from universities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Exile’s Eye

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 4, 2024 To understand the pain of deracination, Raoul Peck resurrects the legacy of apartheid-era photographer Ernest Cole. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Social Justice

‘Wake the Children Sleeping’: James Baldwin at 100

Abby Zimet / Common Dreams Aug 9, 2024 Remembering the novelist, essayist and fiery prophet teacher of the Civil Rights movement. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Race

Can California Lead the Way on Reparations?

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Yes! Mar 1, 2024 California is closer than any other state to realizing reparations for Black people. Now, the state faces a make-or-break moment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Labor

Sixty Years After the March on Washington

Lara Witt / Prism Reports Aug 29, 2023 Workers continue the fight sixty years after the March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

James Baldwin Won the Battle, but William F. Buckley Won the War

John Timpane / Truthdig Feb 16, 2020 A new book explores the legacy of a momentous 1965 debate about race in America. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

William F. Buckley Never Fooled James Baldwin

Nicholas Buccola Dec 13, 2019 The conservative author often shared the same goals as white supremacists—a reality that was not lost on his greatest intellectual rival. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

There Is No Donald J. Trump Without William F. Buckley

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 1, 2019 An in-depth look at a debate between James Baldwin and the conservative thinker reveals pressing truths about racism in modern America. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )

Integrity Forged in Cages

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 13, 2019 Former prisoners now graduating from Rutgers have triumphed over a system designed to crush them. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: JFK’s Cold War Chains

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 6, 2019 His obsession with foreign communism blinded him to U.S. domestic needs. It's time for Americans to stop mythologizing a reckless president. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

Putting Trump to Shame Without Ever Saying His Name

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 15, 2019 Written after the 45th president was inaugurated, Terrance Hayes’ sonnets have an urgency that will leave readers’ heads spinning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Teachers Are Rising Up to Resist Neoliberal Attacks on Education

Henry Giroux / Truthdig Feb 1, 2019 Not only do these teachers see education as deeply political, they also see it as a form of organized resistance. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )