Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigDec 31, 2015
The movement's innovative and committed activism has renewed the struggle for racial justice In 2015, no other progressive cause in the United States came close to its perseverance and creativity The movement's innovative and committed activism has renewed the struggle for racial justice. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 25, 2015
Thousands marched through the streets of Manhattan on Saturday to protest police brutality. A diverse, grass-roots coalition of activists and concerned citizens staged the three-day action, dubbed #RiseUpOctober. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 19, 2015
If someone had entered, in some mythical headline generator, all the key ingredients to produce the perfect mashup of utter racist nonsense from recent American history, this might be it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigAug 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 )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMay 14, 2015
When death occurs at police hands, the easiest story line is “white cops versus black kids,” but it’s much more complicated. "Manifest Justice," a Los Angeles event that included Trayvon Martin's mother, looked at the issue. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigFeb 25, 2015
Although Attorney General Eric Holder sounded a conciliatory note in making the announcement, it was his disheartening task on Tuesday to go public with the news that the Justice Department was closing the book on the highly charged Trayvon Martin case. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Jane Lazarre, TomDispatchFeb 16, 2015
The second and third times I fell in love with black bodies I became a black body, in a way I’d say without shame and some humor, for mine is dark tan called white. But I am the carrier, I am the body who carried them, released on a river of blood. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 2, 2014
A jury in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday convicted Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, of murdering African-American teenager Jordan Davis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 5, 2014
A young Noam Chomsky was appalled by the "special" hatred the U.S. reserved for the Japanese during WWII; a reason to appreciate the polar vortex arises; meanwhile, privacy is becoming a luxury that few can afford. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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