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The Forgotten Minority of the Occupied Territories

Moran Barkai / Truthdig Feb 28, 2025 Amoun Sleem fights to give the minority Domari community of East Jerusalem pride and hope for a better future. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

There Is No Such Thing as Ironic Nazism

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2025 The Free Press — that bastion of anti-antisemitism — thinks the GOP embracing the Nazi salute is mostly a messaging issue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

Sanctuary’s Long Struggle

Daniel Alvarenga / NACLA Feb 28, 2025 The lessons of the 1980s anti-war sanctuary movement have found a renewed sense of urgency. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Science

Research on a Device To Stop Bleeding? Too ‘Woke’ for Ted Cruz

Agnel Philip, Lisa Song / ProPublica Feb 28, 2025 The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Race

The Last Generation of Black Americans Under Jim Crow

Douglas H. White / TomDispatch Feb 26, 2025 For those left who remember the ill-effects of institutional segregation, the culture of racism is still alive and well in today's America. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Napoleon in a Clown Nose

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 24, 2025 Trump’s assaults on the rule of law are crude and sometimes clownish, but the paradigm shift driving them has been carefully planned. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

Black Prisoners Organize for Dignity in Angola

Natalia Marques / Peoples Dispatch Feb 24, 2025 The Louisiana State Penitentiary is nicknamed after a former plantation, and those incarcerated there say the practice of slavery lives on. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

It’s Time to Heed Voters’ Battle Cries

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Feb 24, 2025 We need more than shrugs from Democrats that they’re in the minority. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Anxiety Mounts as DOGE Targets Social Security

Eli Hager / ProPublica Feb 24, 2025 An already understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and closures. The consequences could be significant for millions of vulnerable Americans. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Immigration

Hundreds of Thousands of Haitian Immigrants To Lose Protected Status

Ariana Figueroa / News from the States Feb 21, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked their Temporary Protected Status and they could be deported in August. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Interview

How Elon Musk Blurs the Lines of Free Speech

Sara Talpos / Undark Feb 21, 2025 The billionaire’s new job raises tricky First Amendment questions, with implications for public health, says Ari Cohn. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

The Fork in the Road

Mark Greif / n+1 Feb 21, 2025 There is everything to be gained from every refusal, from plain unwillingness to fall into line. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )