The Resistance Before the #Resistance

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 A new exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates the young men who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Eric Holder and RFK’s Legacy

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 30, 2014 When he announced his leave-taking last week, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke of Robert F. Kennedy as his inspiration for believing that the Justice Department "can and must always be a force for that which is right." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sequestration Nation, and Remembering Robert Kennedy

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 4, 2013 With the sequester now beginning, I find myself thinking about Robert F. Kennedy -- and 46 years ago when I was an intern in his Senate office. 1967 was a difficult time for the nation. America was deeply split over civil rights and the Vietnam War. Many of our cities were burning. The war was escalating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

RFK Jr.’s Estranged Wife Found Dead

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2012 Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of prominent environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., became the Kennedy clan’s latest tragedy when she was found dead Wednesday in a barn behind their home in Bedford, N.Y. A medical examiner confirmed that the 52-year-old died from asphyxiation by hanging. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

History Tells Us Not to Dismiss a Democratic Challenge to Obama

William Pfaff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2011 A week ago, the publisher of Harper's Magazine wrote that President Barack Obama, through expedient political compromises, has lost the moral authority that an American president must command, and therefore has lost his right to a second presidential term. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Marilyn Monroe and Two Kennedys, Captured in a Snap

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2010 Given the scuttlebutt about Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedy brothers (well, two of them, anyway), not to mention the murder and conspiracy theories still circulating about her untimely death, it makes some sense that there'd be few, if any, candid images of the screen siren (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

RFK and the Civil Rights Movement

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2010 In this interview with Truthdig's Associate Editor Kasia Anderson, "RFK: The Journey to Justice" playwrights Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin talk about Robert F. Kennedy's evolution from political animal to true believer in his transformative relationship with the civil rights revolution.Playwrights Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin talk about RFK's evolution from political animal to true believer in his transformative relationship with the civil rights revolution. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Matt Damon Attached to Play RFK in New Biopic

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 Matt Damon may get a chance to flex his acting chops in a challenging and meaty role -- as a Kennedy, no less -- if he ends up liking the screenplay for an upcoming biopic about the late Robert F. Kennedy, according to Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Campus Is Born on Spot Where RFK Was Shot

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2009 If things had worked out a little differently, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Robert Kennedy was gunned down in 1968, might have become a Wal-Mart or one of Donald Trump's gaudy creations. Instead, it is now a center of education, home to two elementary schools and, next year, the new Robert F. Kennedy High School. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

RFK Comment

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Olbermann Criticizes Clinton for Assassination Comment

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2008 Not known for being a shrinking violet, Keith Olbermann left no uncertainty about what he thinks of Sen. Hillary Clinton's explanation for why she invoked the specter of Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination when discussing her decision to keep campaigning to the end. He's not buyin' it, folks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

?The Savageness of Man?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 Forty years ago today, Robert Kennedy informed a crowd gathered in the center of Indianapolis that Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot. The improvised but powerful speech that followed is widely credited for keeping the peace in that community. Indianapolis was one of the few big cities in America that did not erupt into violence that night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )