Film

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Intimate Revolution

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 19, 2025 “One Battle After Another” is a Molotov cocktail lobbed right at the studio system. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Race

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Jonathan Ort / Africa Is A Country Sep 10, 2025 Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Bulldozing History

Jeff Koterba Aug 25, 2025 Dig deeper

Race

On the Smithsonian and Slavery

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Aug 22, 2025 The Trump administration is normalizing the rejection of history and the indescribable horror of slavery in the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Social Justice

Whitewashing the History of a National Monument

Jessica Kutz / The 19th Jul 22, 2025 Under pressure from the Trump administration, women’s contributions and men’s racism were scrubbed from an effort to fill in historical gaps from the Muir Woods National Monument. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Column

America in Chains

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig May 1, 2025 Forget about the 1950s. Trump has dragged us — all of us — back to the time of slavery. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Race

Resisting the Erasure of Black History

Douglas H. White / TomDispatch Apr 18, 2025 As the Trump administration attempts to bury this country's legacy of racism, it is more important than ever not to remain silent about the past. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Media

The U.S. Media’s Sorry History of Abetting Immigration Panics

Wilson Korik / FAIR Mar 14, 2025 Media of all kinds — from tabloids to legacy outlets — have repeatedly sensationalized the immigrant “other." Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Grassroots Backlash to Trump’s Attacks on DEI

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Jan 24, 2025 In the wake of the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity initiatives, activists are organizing a response. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News Jan 22, 2025 People in the U.S. aren't living as long as those in other wealthy nations. But the disparity within the country is daunting, and getting worse. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

NOLA Attacker Was a Vet Who Fought the War on Terror Before Breakdown

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 2, 2025 Even if Jabbar had been an immigrant, his actions would have said nothing about immigrants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

Portrait of the Victim as a Young Man

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 18, 2024 RaMell Ross’ take on Colson Whitehead’s “Nickel Boys” is an inventive and socially charged masterwork. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )