Hoover Is Assassinating MLK’s Character From the Grave

Clarence B. Jones / University of San Francisco Jun 9, 2019 David Garrow's recent article about the civil rights leader is based on FBI files that were considered “very probably felonious." Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Civil Rights, a Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 4, 2019 The struggle—far from finished—was never as finite or clear-cut as the myth that persists in our collective memory. Dig deeper ( 26 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 )

America Can’t Wipe Itself Clean of Blackface

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Feb 28, 2019 Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam offers a painful reminder that certain white people in this country just don’t get it, and likely never will. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whitewashing Dr. King

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Feb 22, 2019 The repudiation of MLK's image as the "nice civil rights leader," venerated while used to advance American repressive interests, is the most valuable contribution of a new book. Dig deeper ( 7 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 )

What Activists Today Can Learn From MLK’s Bold Anti-War Stance

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Jan 20, 2019 Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings have inspired writers to condemn U.S. military ties in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Steve King Stands for Everything MLK Fought Against

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 17, 2019 Another King is in the news as the nation remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday: a racist Republican congressman from Iowa. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Resistance Is the Supreme Act of Faith

Chris Hedges, Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 31, 2018 We can resist the radical evil enveloping our lives and our planet only when we acquire the faith that resistance always weakens the oppressor and empowers the oppressed. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Heresy of White Christianity

Chris Hedges, Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 10, 2018 James H. Cone, the father of black liberation theology, understood that the privileged can never grasp religion's true essence. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Kevin Hart Steps Down as Oscar Host Over Homophobic Tweets

JAKE COYLE / The Associated Press Dec 7, 2018 The actor and comedian issues an apology to the LGBTQ community, accepting responsibility for the "insensitive words" he used in the past. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Books That Keep Me Alive on Death Row

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Nov 8, 2018 I have been forced to live in a 4½-by-11-foot cage against my will. Only literature can offer an escape from my hellish existence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )