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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 )

Gary Tyler on Maintaining Hope and Compassion in the U.S. Prison System

Emma Niles / Truthdig Oct 13, 2016 At age 16, Gary Tyler was wrongly sent to death row, where he spent 41 years until being freed in April. The Truthdig team spoke with him about the prison system, the death penalty and maintaining hope throughout the decades. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Live at Truthdig: What Can Be Done to Reform the U.S. Prison System?

Emma Niles / Truthdig Oct 9, 2016 At age 16, Gary Tyler was wrongly sent to death row, where he spent 41 years until being freed in April The Truthdig team will talk with him Thursday at 1 pm PDT/4 p EDT. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Members of Congress Call for an End to Voter Suppression

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2016 Nine legislators, their staff and 200 activists packed the hearing room of the US House Judiciary Committee to standing room only recently to demand an end to mass voter suppression and the manipulation of U elections. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cornel West: ‘President Obama Has Very Little Moral Authority’ on Martin Case

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 22, 2013 Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary and African-American author and activist, Monday examined the remarks President Obama had made Friday when he compared himself to Trayvon Martin, the black teen gunned down in February. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )