Justin Trudeau’s Blackface Is Far From the Worst of His Offenses (Video)

Dimitri Lascaris / The Real News Network Sep 24, 2019 The Canadian leader's recent scandal highlights the trouble with the idea that Canada is somehow a more benign version of the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Con of Diversity

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 8, 2018 Racial diversity in the hands of the ruling elites—political and corporate—is a tool for preserving white privilege, wealth and power. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

How Much Longer Can the U.S. Remain a Superpower?

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Apr 18, 2018 Washington is answering this imperial existential question the only way it can, with its awesome war machine, oiled by lies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Get Me Out of Wakanda!

Bruce A. Dixon / Black Agenda Report Mar 6, 2018 For those of us aiming to build a better world, "Black Panther" is nothing short of enemy propaganda. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Must Fight to Protect Dissident Voices on the Internet

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Jan 4, 2018 The American ruling class is united in a campaign to squeeze the left out of the web. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America’s War on America

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 2, 2017 That sound of doomsday you hear in the distance is not "ka-boom." It's "ka-ching." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Revolutionary Reform Called Single-Payer

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 4, 2017 Government-funded health insurance in the United States would have many positive democratic consequences. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

When Will We Tear Down U.S. Prisons—’Monuments That Enforce Terror’?

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Sep 29, 2017 The central mission of our incarceration system, black rights advocates say, is to facilitate the removal of African-Americans from society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Second Coming of Andrew Jackson or Andrew Johnson?

By Glen Ford Sep 1, 2017 President Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio was made possible by a previous president’s pardoning of ex-Confederates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America’s Invisible White Supremacist Ideology Led Us Here

By Ajamu Baraka Aug 18, 2017 U.S. society has been moving rightward for decades—and pulling much of Europe with it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Peace President?

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Aug 2, 2017 Donald Trump's presidency has been six months of pain and confusion, but he has kept his campaign pledge to curtail Washington’s urge for regime change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Death by Cop: Black and White Issues

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Jul 21, 2017 Cops killed both Justine Damond and Charleena Lyles, but the two deaths are different in political and historical terms. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )