Robert Scheer / TruthdigFeb 28, 2020
A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigApr 20, 2019
Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )
By Glen Ford / Black Agenda ReportApr 5, 2017
Have black people, historically the most left-leaning constituency in the United States, shed their anti-imperialist views and embraced war? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 24, 2016
Left-wing activist Tom Hayden, who died Sunday at age 76, once recounted his reluctant transformation from journalist to activist after an encounter with Martin Luther King Jr. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 17, 2015
He rose to national prominence as a vocal force in the civil rights movement, and over the long arc of his career, Julian Bond blended the personal and political in ways that created and transformed societal structures. Bond, 75, died Saturday in the Gulf Coast city of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigNov 24, 2014
Marion Barry Jr., who began his career in public service during the civil rights era and spent four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C., died late Saturday night in his hometown at age 78. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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