‘Whites Only’ High School Reunion Party Stirs Outrage

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 3, 2012 A Louisiana high school class' plan for its 40th reunion is being met with outrage after a letter leaked on the Internet revealed that a party was for only white graduates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israelis Clash in a Struggle of Orthodoxy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2011 Attempts by ultraconservative Jews to impose their religious views on others in the town of Beit Shemesh have given rise to protests and a national debate about the character of what is, nobody denies, a religious state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Koch Brothers and Public School Segregation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 In its latest attack on the billionaire Koch brothers, Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films shows how the fearsome libertarian duo used their wealth and power to elect four segregationists to North Carolina's Wake County school board in 2009. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What It Was Like to Be John F. Kennedy

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States. He gave a stirring inaugural address and then took over a job for which he was unprepared. No one is ever prepared. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Haley Barbour’s Civil Rights Airbrush

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Dec 22, 2010 It's too bad for Haley Barbour, a smooth pol who seems to stumble whenever he encounters the subject of the South and race, that he's not in my book group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Kind of Supreme Court?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Jul 2, 2010 Although we did not discover much about Elena Kagan, confirmation hearings should remind us of what has been remarkable in our constitutional and judicial history.Confirmation hearings should remind us of what has been remarkable in our constitutional and judicial history. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Brown v. the Board of WTF

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2010 Tens of thousands of dark-suited ultra-Orthodox protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem and Bnei Brak on Thursday, angry at the arrest of parents who refused a court order requiring their children of European ancestry to go to school with Jewish children of Middle Eastern ancestry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s Not to Like About Civil Rights?

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Jun 1, 2010 For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either It’s about government interference with privacy rights But what Paul and others may not be remembering is that race, violence and privacy rights go hand in hand For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lena Horne: A Glamorous Revolutionary

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 11, 2010 Lena Horne, who died Sunday at 92, was an infiltrator and one of the most significant American entertainers of the 20th century. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Muslim Women Protest Through Prayer at D.C. Mosque

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 On Feb. 20, four Muslim women took a conspicuous step to protest gender segregation in Muslim mosques by refusing to relegate themselves to a cordoned-off prayer zone for women -- which one of them ruefully called the "penalty box" -- and instead worshiped with the men at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. Their presence did not go unnoticed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tea Party Gets Even Less Inviting

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2010 While the tea party movement may be brushed off by some as the work of a bunch of misguided Fox News enthusiasts, the opening speech at the first national Tea Party Convention in Nashville suggests something more sinister at the root. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Does Harold Ford Jr.’s Race Matter?

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Jan 19, 2010 New Yorkers, beware It seems that former US Rep Harold Ford Jr, a transplant from Tennessee, has upset people again Ford, an executive at Merrill Lynch and a New York University lecturer who might be seeking to unseat fellow Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand of New York in a race for the U Senate, has made a very bold statement about his identity. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )