Integrity Forged in Cages

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 13, 2019 Former prisoners now graduating from Rutgers have triumphed over a system designed to crush them. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Crime of Being Poor and Black

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 29, 2018 Emmanuel Mervilus, who like many poor people of color was preyed upon by police, spent four years imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. In what is a miracle for the formerly incarcerated, condemned by our criminal caste system, he got a second chance. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘A Pipeline Straight to Jail’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 26, 2017 This repost of a 2015 column tells the story of Boris Franklin, who was caught up in a system that destroys millions of Americans, often people of color. He is now a free man and studying at Rutgers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Part 7: A Freed Felon’s Hard and Perilous Path

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2017 Once released, felons become part of a criminal caste system, and most don’t make it on the outside. State prisons have a five-year recidivism rate of 76.6 percent, which keeps the prison-industrial complex full and profitable. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Part 5: Back to School and a Sense of Renewal

By Ronald W. Pierce Jan 15, 2017 After earning an associate degree in prison, the author, 58, hopes to complete his Bachelor of Arts study through a program at Rutgers University. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

‘He Was Not a Benevolent Dictator, He Was a Dictator’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 23, 2015 Dead at age 90, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (at right) was praised by President Obama "as a force for stability and security in the Middle East and beyond." But analysts accuse him of turning the Syrian uprising into a proxy war with Iran, and U.S. diplomatic cables identified the country as the world's largest funder of militant Islamist groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Students, Faculty Deter Condoleezza Rice from Commencement Speech

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 4, 2014 The former national security adviser and secretary of state backed out of delivering a graduation address at Rutgers University after protests by faculty and students over her role in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the destabilization of the Middle East in the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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The Growing Student Debt Bubble

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 In the aftermath of the stock market failure of 2008, another type of economic bubble is swelling: student debt. And it's no surprise, since Congress has done nothing to change the lending practices that brought the U.S. to the brink three years ago. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Introducing the 9/11 TV News Archive

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2011 As part of an enormous effort to make television programming available for scholarly and journalistic use, the digital librarians at Internet Archive have compiled more than 3,000 hours' worth of international TV news across 20 channels from the week immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )