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Writer Junot Díaz Accused of Sexual Harassment (Updated)

By Ilana Novick May 4, 2018 After Zinzi Clemmons' initial tweet, fellow author Carmen Maria Machado believes that the "#MeToo stories" about Díaz are "just starting.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Díaz Opens Up About Childhood Abuse

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 9, 2018 In a visceral, powerful piece for The New Yorker, the award-winning author breaks his lifelong silence on the rape that impacted his entire being. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

600 U.S. Writers Sign Open Letter Denouncing Donald Trump

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2016 Noting that they are “aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power,” hundreds of writers expressed their opposition to a possible Trump presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Junot Díaz: ‘We Live in a Society Where Default Whiteness Goes Unremarked’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 15, 2015 In a recent interview published in the academic journal Paradoxa, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Junot Díaz puts his finger on the reason why racism is still so rampant in American society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How the Media’s Experts Became Better Than You

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 The job of corporate news pundits is to appear to say true and important things without attaching those views to themselves or their employers, writes Thomas Frank in the April issue of Harper's Magazine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Junot Diaz Tells a Story of America

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2013 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MIT creative writing professor talks with Bill Moyers about race politics after Obama’s re-election and the change he's witnessed in the attitudes of college students in recent decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America Is the Cause of Its Immigration ‘Problem’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 25, 2012 “Civil rights are for blacks,” conservative commentator Ann Coulter said on ABC’s “This Week” during a show on immigration and the Latino vote Sunday. That’s nonsense, says “Democracy Now!” co-host Juan Gonzalez, who along with filmmaker Eduardo Lopez directed a deeply informative film about the root causes of Latin American immigration to the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )