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The Mountaintop

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Acquittal in Wedding Day Shooting Sparks NYC Protests

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2008 Vowing that "this city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell," the Rev. Al Sharpton joined hundreds of New Yorkers in a march through Harlem to protest this week's acquittal of three police officers involved in the 2006 shooting that claimed the 23-year-old Bell's life and injured two friends on his wedding day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War of the Word

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 26, 2008 Would God ever damn America? Is there anything we have done or could do as a nation that might court such severe judgment from an almighty, or is there a peculiar American exemption from God's wrath? The prediction of God's damnation for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sen. Kennedy Rallies Behind Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2008 You've heard the news, now watch the speech: Sen. Ted Kennedy was careful to pay tribute to "friends" Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, but Monday's pep rally at American University in Washington, D.C., was all about Barack Obama, whom Kennedy calls "the candidate who inspires me" and the one most able to "renew our belief that our country's best days are still to come." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Podcast: the Democratic Spine, MLK Day, Oakland and More

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2007 Is Pelosi too soft on Bush? Is there more to Martin Luther King Day than shopping? How do you save Oakland? Plus: crossing party lines to oppose the war and more, all on this week's podcast with Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer and James Harris. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘A Society Gone Mad on War’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2007 During the Vietnam War, Dr. King referred to our nation's government as "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." Now that we find ourselves mired in another senseless conflict, our soldiers in harm's way and more and more among us suffering from the tyranny of poverty, we turn once again to the wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King Jr. on the Villainy of War

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 As we prepare to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday, on the holiday Dick Cheney opposed, Code Pink reminds us that stirring words still resonate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )