Congress Makes Lynching a Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 26, 2020 The law comes 120 years after Congress first considered such legislation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Sinister Legacy of the Second Amendment

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Aug 6, 2019 In the 19th century, "slave patrols" policed a broad swath of the country. The El Paso massacre reveals they've never really gone away. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Century Later, Attacks by Whites in Arkansas Come Back Into Focus

NOREEN NASIR / The Associated Press Jul 25, 2019 Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of mobs during “Red Summer,” but little is widely known about this spate of violence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

3 New Studies That Will Make You Rethink Systemic Racism

Lee Camp / Truthdig Apr 10, 2019 It affects our schools, our water, even the air we breathe. And like climate change, it demands an urgent, comprehensive response. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Guns and Liberty

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 25, 2019 U.S. gun owners find a false sense of political power in their firearms, a condition that pleases the controlling elites. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: America Has Forgotten the Warnings of FDR

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Mar 21, 2019 The 32nd president understood that rampant inequality could unleash the "spirit of fascism" at home. It's a lesson worth revisiting. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Wants You to Be Afraid of Socialism

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 22, 2019 The president is engaging in fearmongering over visions of the U.S. turning into Venezuela under a Democratic administration. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

One Way Ralph Northam Can Redeem Himself

Kali Holloway / Independent Media Institute Feb 14, 2019 If the Virginia governor is really interested in racial reconciliation, he can start by removing his state's Confederate monuments. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Residential Racism

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Feb 8, 2019 The author examines 'Sundown towns'—all-white communities that kept out minorities with laws, threats and violence—in the context of Trump era racism and #BlackLivesMatter. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Racist Photo Prompts Candidates to Address Issue

The Associated Press Feb 2, 2019 Virginia's attorney general is calling for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: The Decade That Roared, and Wept

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 8, 2018 The Roaring ’20s ushered in a new modernity and energy but also held the seeds of a great and devastating economic depression. Dig deeper ( 30 Min. Read )

Is the United States Beyond Redemption?

Ben Fountain / TomDispatch Dec 5, 2018 Something even bigger than policy was on the line in the 2018 midterms: the country's soul. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )