Book Review
Book Review
The ‘Two Bobbys’: The Short, Complicated Political Life of RFK
Jun 5, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy moments before the candidate was fatally wounded on this date 50 years ago.
Immigrant ‘Warriors for Justice’ Return to Their Roots
Nov 20, 2017 Latino grass-roots organizers in Los Angeles are resisting the Trump administration's assaults in ways that would make their forebears proud.
Sí, Se Puede: ‘Dolores’ Reminds Us to Keep Fighting for Human Rights
Sep 21, 2017 The new film tells the story of social justice icon Dolores Huerta. Truthdig sat down for a conversation with her and director Peter Bratt.
Labor Icon Dolores Huerta Warns Against Violence (Audio and Transcript)
Sep 15, 2017 In this week's episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews the longtime civil rights activist. [Transcript added.]
Power to the Peaceful
Aug 29, 2017 The healing of America begins with love. Social justice innovators are showing the way.
Portraying the Mexican-American Experience in Six Hours
Sep 23, 2016 "A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story" is an epic production for the Latino Theater Company’s epic anniversary: telling the stories of its often-ignored community for 30 years.
Diego Luna’s ‘Cesar Chavez’ Showcases the Power of Union Organizing and Immigrant Labor
Mar 27, 2014 When Ronald Reagan famously ate grapes on television as governor of California in 1969, he was thumbing his nose at a growing movement for the rights of farmworkers.
Cesar Chavez: The Story of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Mar 27, 2014 Diego Luna tells Truthdig he wanted to make a movie his Mexican-American son could look to for inspiration.
Conservatives Outraged by Cesar Chavez Google Doodle on Easter
Apr 1, 2013 Members of the right wing are freaking out online after Internet search giant Google chose to honor Cesar Chavez with a doodle on Easter Sunday instead of something Christian holiday related.
A Response From UFW to Marc Cooper
Nov 14, 2009 I'm "the heavy-handed UFW press relations chief who had to quietly resign," the one to whom Marc Cooper refers in his latest attack on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers ("Marc Cooper on the Fate of Cesar Chavez's Dream," Truthdig, Nov. 13). Like most of the rest of his article, this claim is false.I'm "the heavy-handed UFW press relations chief who had to quietly resign," the one to whom Marc Cooper refers in his latest attack on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
