Is Coronavirus the First Climate Plague?

Kim Brown / The Real News Network Feb 17, 2020 Journalists Bryn Nelson and Jane C. Hu explain why rising temperatures will fuel an increase in both deadly outbreaks and xenophobia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is Not the First Xenophobe to Lead America

Adam Hochschild / TomDispatch Aug 15, 2019 About 100 years ago, a flood of angry rhetoric and fear of immigrants reminiscent of today's scare tactics poured out of the White House. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 24, 2019 A new asylum rule is part and parcel of the president's systematic assault on migrants, which plays well with his xenophobic base. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Moderates and Centrists Are No Safe Bet

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 3, 2019 Democrats must nominate a candidate who can forge a coalition across class lines. The fate of the country and the world depend on it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Anti-Semitism Rises in Europe as Memories of the Holocaust Decline: Report

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Nov 27, 2018 A quarter of poll respondents believe Jews have too much influence in wars, business and finance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s Migration Remarks Trigger Widespread Outrage

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Nov 23, 2018 In a new interview with The Guardian, the former presidential candidate makes a confounding case for Europe to curb immigration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

After #MeToo Comes #MeTwo: Germans Take On Everyday Racism

KIRSTEN GRIESHABER / The Associated Press Jul 30, 2018 The hashtag becomes a rallying point for scores of second- and third-generation immigrants in the European country, who are taking to Twitter to share their accounts of everyday racism and how they still struggle to be accepted as Germans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Local N.Y. Media Wrongly Pushes for Gang Databases

Josmar Trujillo / FAIR Jul 8, 2018 New York City dailies play fast and loose with the inflammatory term “gang” and defer to questionable police tactics, just as they did with "stop and frisk" policies. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Was It Wrong to Refuse Sarah Huckabee Sanders Service?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 25, 2018 The White House press secretary complained on Twitter about not being served at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va.  Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Building on Our Poor People’s Campaign Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2018 Our reader-funded project to launch coverage of this important movement has been a success. Now we need your help to keep documenting activism across the nation in this historic moment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jewish Supporters of Trump Put Democracy at Risk

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 5, 2018 Their backing of a president who orders toxic treatment of immigrants betrays the history of a country that welcomed their forebears from oppressive regimes. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Documenting the Poor People’s Campaign

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2018 Activists and civil rights advocates from across the nation have joined to create a new movement that is reigniting Martin Luther King's 1968 effort to fight racism, militarism and materialism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )