Which Side Are You On?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 21, 2018 President Trump and his supporters have failed the basic human test of choosing children over politics in the ongoing scandal of immigrant family separation. There ought to be no question about which side we are on. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Spend Independence Day with Pete Seeger and Frederick Douglass

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 4, 2014 This Fourth of July, "Democracy Now!" remembers Frederick Douglass' defiant Independence Day address, read by James Earl Jones during a performance of Howard Zinn’s "Voices of a People’s History of the United States," and the life and legacy of legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger, who died this year at the age of 94. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Another Flower Has Gone

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Jan 30, 2014 Dig deeper

Pete Seeger: Troubadour of Truth and Justice

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 30, 2014 Pete Seeger's life, like the arc of the moral universe famously invoked by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., bent toward justice. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Jan 29, 2014 Dig deeper

Spying Scandal Taints Obama’s Rosy SOTU Story – and His Legacy

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 29, 2014 Edward Snowden was not one of the honored guests at the State of the Union speech Tuesday night. But the whistle-blower’s presence was felt, at least to a small degree. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pete Seeger: ‘Democracy Now’ Remembers the Folk Icon With His Own Music and Words

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 29, 2014 Amy Goodman and the team from Democracy Now have put together a wonderful tribute to the late Pete Seeger, who died Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pete Seeger, 1919-2014

Aislin, Cagle Cartoons, The Montreal Gazette Jan 28, 2014 Dig deeper

Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 Pete Seeger wasn't one of those legendary performers who made the world a better place with music. He was the original. He was inimitable and unique and indomitable in his mission to bring light to the dark places. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: 40,000 Brave Norwegians

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2012 For proving that love for others, regardless of creed, gender or skin color, is still a powerful force in human affairs, we honor the 40,000 Norwegians who sang out in an Oslo square on Thursday against the violent dogma of mass killer Anders Breivik. They are our Truthdiggers of the Week.For proving that love for others is still a powerful force in human affairs, we honor the 40,000 Norwegians who sang out against violence and dogma as our Truthdiggers of the Week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Richard Flacks on Pete Seeger

BLANK Aug 7, 2009 Now 90 years old, America's exemplary troubadour continues his lifelong project to agitate and organize through song, fulfilling his father's dictum that "Music, as any art, is not an end in itself, but is a means for achieving larger ends."At 90, America's premier troubadour continues his lifelong project to organize and agitate through song. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )