Death by Oligarchy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 11, 2019 Once oligarchs seize power, they dismantle outside controls to create a corrupt economy and finally a corrupt state. Tyranny follows. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 13, 2018 Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

White Noise

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AUDIO: ‘Black Lives Matter Is a Re-Humanizing Project’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 7, 2016 A cross-generational conversation with a Black Lives Matter founder and a trauma doctor, who is trying to redefine public health in terms of human wholeness, deals with the culture and society the movement is trying to create. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dead, White and Blue: The Great Die-Off of America’s Blue-Collar Whites

By Barbara Ehrenreich / TomDispatch Dec 2, 2015 The “diseases” leading to excessive white working-class deaths are those of despair, and some of the obvious causes are economic. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Focus on ‘Privilege’ May Divert Attention From Real Villains

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 12, 2015 TED talker and New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas and Vox cast doubt on the 99 percent concept, suggesting that 1-percenter “privilege” haunts quite a few of us. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ferguson Isn’t the Only Place Where Police Are Protected by a Broken System

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2014 The recent ruling by a St. Louis grand jury on Michael Brown's shooting sheds light on just how difficult it is to indict a cop; the apocalypse may have something to do with indifference toward climate change; meanwhile, a teacher uses a scrap of paper to teach his students a valuable lesson about inequality and privilege. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Don’t You Dare Tell Me to Check My Privilege’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 29, 2014 In a February essay, British columnist Julie Burchill takes aim at the "rainbow coalition of cranks and charlatans" that made "class guilt, sexual kinks, personal prejudice and repressed lust for power" what "modern, non-working-class left-wing politics is about." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert: ‘Poor Doors’ Latest in Trend to Help ‘Haves’ Not Have to See the ‘Have-Nots’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 The "Colbert Report's" super-wealthy host explains why a New York building with a "poor door" for its less well-off residents makes total sense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Angry White Attitude Toward Minorities

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 10, 2012 A “toxic mix of rage and delusion, and its concomitant sense of oppression, have become the defining political features of much of white America today,” writes Harper’s Magazine columnist Kevin Baker, on observing the conservative reaction to the re-election of President Barack Obama this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did Privilege Play a Role in Lacrosse Killing?

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig May 7, 2010 The question has to be asked: Is it something about athletes? Something about entitled college athletes? Something about lacrosse? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Cure for Executive Excess

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 Can impeachment heal the malady of executive privilege and wiretapping? It has before. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )