Building on Our Poor People’s Campaign Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2018 Our reader-funded project to launch coverage of this important movement has been a success. Now we need your help to keep documenting activism across the nation in this historic moment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politics

Documenting the Poor People’s Campaign

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2018 Activists and civil rights advocates from across the nation have joined to create a new movement that is reigniting Martin Luther King's 1968 effort to fight racism, militarism and materialism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Is Not the ‘Dream’ Martin Luther King Had

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Jan 19, 2018 The majority of congressional Black Caucus members promote the "triple evils" King denounced: racism, extreme materialism and militarism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Eugene O’Neill: A Life in Four Acts

By Wendy Smith Dec 20, 2014 A new biography reclaims the playwright of "A Long Day's Journey Into Night" as a self-conscious, committed artist who strove to break through the limits of production and consistently voice his lifelong contempt for American materialism, imperialism, racism and puritanism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russell Brand: ‘Socialism Is Christianity Politicized’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 Comedian-actor-writer Russell Brand took on a range of topics including spirituality, materialism, politics and revolution during an interview at Cambridge University's student union in England last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Christmas Wish List

Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China Dec 26, 2013 Dig deeper

Santa Intrudes on Baby Jesus

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Dec 25, 2013 Dig deeper

Xmas

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Dec 23, 2013 Dig deeper

Trojan Santa Claus

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Dec 22, 2013 Dig deeper

The Neutered Message of the March on Washington

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 27, 2013 "Based upon the speeches during the main portion of today’s events there can be little doubt that the Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of his life," The Nation's Dave Zirin wrote of Saturday's March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Save My iPad

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jul 15, 2013 Dig deeper

The Economic Normalcy Bias

David Sirota / Truthdig Jan 27, 2012 Many who are faced with imminent disaster instantly convince themselves that everything is normal and that they don't have to modify their behavior. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )