L.A. Paves Way on May Day

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2010 According to police estimates, as many as 60,000 marchers took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday in a show of support for comprehensive immigration reform and against laws like Arizona's recently passed SB 1070. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anyone for a Little Immigration Reform?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2010 Congress is expected to vote on health care reform this weekend, so what'll all those senators and representatives have to busy their idle hands with next? Giving Wall Street the what for? Not likely. Well, how about a big debate on immigration? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Copenhagen Protests Call for Emission Cuts

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2009 The Copenhagen climate conference brought not only heads of states to discuss the environment but tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding action by the leaders to cut emissions Later, violence led to arrests Update . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

I Want My America Back

John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Sep 16, 2009 Dig deeper

Tea-Baggers March on Washington, Have No Idea Why

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2009 If these anti-Obama marchers are to be believed, fascism and socialism are the same thing, abortion caused 9/11 and "Glenn Beck is such a logical thinker." There's a whole pile of crazy where that came from. If these anti-Obama marchers are to be believed, fascism and socialism are the same thing, abortion caused 9/11 and "Glenn Beck is such a logical thinker." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Mad Men on the March

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2009 After an extended vacation, Jon Stewart returned to his "Daily Show" anchor's desk Monday -- and not a moment too soon, as the national epidemic of crazitude hasn't calmed down since he left, especially when it comes to the subject of health care reform. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘No on 8’ Protesters March on Mormon Temple in L.A.

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 Tuesday's elections are a thing of the past, but the battle over California's Proposition 8 is still going on. On Thursday, a large group of demonstrators marched in Los Angeles in protest of the ban on gay marriage, with the Westwood area's Mormon temple as their eventual destination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

March Fundraising Madness Leaves Obama Smiling

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 Barack Obama raised more than $40 million in March to Hillary Clinton's $20 million. Between them, the Democrats took in about three times in March what John McCain raised in January and February combined. That's good news for Democrats, but only, as Donna Brazile points out, if the money isn't "used to tear the party apart." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Burma Protest Goes Massive

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 An estimated 100,000 people marched through the streets of Yangon on Monday in an ongoing protest that has rapidly swelled from just dozens of people. Burma's notoriously inhumane military government has traditionally been quick to stanch dissent but has yet to seriously confront the demonstrators, who were led by roughly 20,000 Buddhist monks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

United by Hate

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 How did thousands of African-Americans come to descend on the town of Jena, La., on Thursday for a march and rally that brought to mind the heady days of the civil rights movement? The answer says as much about what has changed over the past half-century as it says about what hasn't. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thousands March on Jena

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 Somewhere between 15,000 and 50,000 demonstrators marched Thursday on the small Louisiana town of Jena, where racial tension and prejudicial justice have captured national attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Plot Against Gay Pride March in Israel Alleged

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2007 A man has been arrested in Jerusalem on a charge of attempting to bomb a gay pride march through the city. The Israeli supreme court recently overturned a ban on the parade, sparking violent protests from religious groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )