We Need Dirty Harry

Paul Morantz / Truthdig Mar 17, 2018 In any situation when every second lost could mean another child lost, he would take the risk of entering, because risking his life to save others was his job. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Lessons From the O.J. Simpson Case for the Presidential Race and the Nation’s Racial Divide

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Feb 18, 2016 The country's polarization between "black lives matter" and "all lives matter"—along with our divergent opinions on Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance—parallels the racial divide we saw 20 years ago in the aftermath of the former football player's trial. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

One Year On, What We’ve Learned From #BlackLivesMatter

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Aug 9, 2015 The police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a year ago launched the Black Lives Matter movement. But officer-involved shootings seem only to have accelerated. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ferguson’s Next Rally: Justice for Michael Brown

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Aug 25, 2014 The real pressure point now moves to the grand jury of St. Louis County. The focus should now be justice for Michael Brown. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Pastor, the Police Officer and the Political Activist: Three Perspectives on Ferguson

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 21, 2014 Police brutality against black men has become a shockingly common phenomenon in the U.S. The names of those who have died at the hands of law enforcement or their unofficial vigilante deputies over the past few years are too numerous to count. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The L.A. Uprising’s 20th Anniversary and the Resurrection of Tupac Shakur

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Apr 29, 2012 Sunday, April 29, marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Los Angeles uprising and the two-week anniversary of the resurrection of slain gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur as a hologram at Coachella. The events are not a coincidence. Rather, they are part of a cultural argument that speaks to racial tensions, police misconduct and vigilantism that have plagued the city for decades.The 20th anniversary of the L.A. uprising and the resurrection of slain rapper Tupac are not a coincidence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rodney King Reflects on 20th Anniversary of L.A. Riots

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 Lucky is not exactly the word one would use to describe someone whose videotaped beating, and the subsequent acquittal of the officers accused of beating him, touched off one of the worst urban riots in American history. But 20 years later, that’s exactly the word Rodney King, now 47, uses to describe himself. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama’s Green Jobs Adviser Gives In to the Smears

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2009 It looks as if the insanely organized smear campaign against Van Jones has finally worked. Jones, President Obama's special adviser for green jobs, resigned Saturday after being viciously attacked for his past civil rights activism and for signing a petition that questioned U.S. involvement in 9/11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )