Black Women’s Lives Matter: Film Reveals Little-Known Story of the Grim Sleeper

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 As an invigorated movement emerges against police killings of black men, a timely new documentary examines American law enforcement's negligence in the grisly killings of black women for over two and a half decades. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ferguson Protesters Named Runners-Up for Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ Issue

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 10, 2014 While Time magazine chose Ebola fighters as the 2014 "Person of the Year," the runners-up include the Ferguson protesters whose "refusal to let a life be forgotten turned a local shooting into a national movement." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )