Our Ever-Deadlier Police State

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 22, 2019 Better training and reforms are not the solution: The problem is that the system is designed to protect the rich at the expense of the poor. Dig deeper ( 9 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 )

Legalizing Tyranny

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 4, 2018 The U.S. judicial system routinely provides unfair trials and coerces defendants—often poor people of color, and often innocent—into accepting plea deals that call for brutally long sentences. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Our Ever-Deadlier Police State

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Oct 22, 2017 Better training and reforms are not the solution: The problem with U.S. law enforcement is that the system is designed to protect the interests of the rich at the expense of the poor. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Colin Kaepernick Is Being Blackballed by Billionaire NFL Owners. Here’s Why.

By Colin Jenkins Jun 15, 2017 Patriotism is a key tool for the owning class. To them, the quarterback's refusal to stand for the national anthem—a nationalistic ritual—threatened to undermine the whole capitalist system. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘13th’ School Their Viewers on America’s Racial Legacy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 7, 2016 Directors Ava DuVernay and Nate Parker make searingly urgent cases that America’s legacy of slavery and systemic racism is not at all just a relic of the past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford Recalls When the Clintons Won Over Black America

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2016 “The Clintons were not the black favorites in 1992,” he explains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court’s Male Justices Violate Fourth Amendment Over Sonia Sotomayor’s Devastating Dissent

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 23, 2016 Justice Sotomayor’s heartfelt bid to do away with racial profiling once and for all was thwarted by the high court’s male contingent. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Stand Your Ground, Unless You’re a Battered Woman

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 7, 2016 When victims defend themselves, they put themselves at risk of becoming doubly victimized—first by their abusers, then by the criminal justice system. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

After Considering the Clintons, Black Thinkers Like Bernie Sanders

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 24, 2016 “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am mystified by robust black support for Bill and Hillary Clinton,” writes Steven Thrasher at The Guardian. (Pictured here, director Spike Lee.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

After Considering the Clintons, Black Thinkers Like Bernie Sanders

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 24, 2016 “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am mystified by robust black support for Bill and Hillary Clinton,” writes Steven Thrasher at The Guardian. (Pictured here, director Spike Lee.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sanders Surge Targets Nevada and South Carolina as Clinton Firewalls Show Cracks

By Jon Queally / Common Dreams Feb 15, 2016 The Clinton campaign "took [black voters] for granted and underestimated Bernie’s support They’ve now discovered there are black folks 'feeling the Bern' ". Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )