Labor

Corporate Culture is a Barrier to Labor Organizing in the Video Game Industry

Cassandra Roxburgh / Prism Reports Dec 29, 2022 Current and former video game workers detail a longstanding culture of sexual harassment, exploitation, and retaliation. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Constitution Desperately Needs a New Amendment

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan May 9, 2019 The Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, first introduced in 1923, may now, nearly a century later, be close to passage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Releases Moving MLK Tribute Video

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2018 The former president discusses MLK's legacy with John Lewis and a group of high school students in a video issued by the Obama Foundation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What We Can Learn About Human Rights From ‘Wise Fools’

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 12, 2018 To celebrate World Storytelling Day this year, Storytellers for Peace created a video with 10 artists from five continents. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Cookie Monster

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#MeToo Creating a Slow but Steady Sea Change (Audio)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 19, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sits down with professor and media expert Mary Murphy to discuss the #MeToo movement and her thoughts on the future of journalism. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Lessons for Both Sexes in ‘Grace’s’ Aziz Ansari Story

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 18, 2018 Just as men must re-evaluate the manner in which they pursue women, women must learn to discard the layers of socialization that teach us to value men's pleasure over our own. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

And Compassion for All

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jan 9, 2018 We're in this American experiment together. It's time to bring some real empathy into the world. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Turning #MeToo Into a Movement for Gender Justice

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 4, 2018 Heads have fallen aplenty, but what will it take to channel this sea change into a lasting cultural shift? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Peace First

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 19, 2017 Want to make America great? Demand an end to war—at home and abroad—as Martin Luther King Jr. did. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Politics

Nothing to Lose but Our Chains

By Mark Karlin / Truthout Dec 15, 2017 Henry A. Giroux explains how to resist Donald Trump's neofascism and develop a road map for radical transformation. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Colin Kaepernick Named GQ’s ‘Citizen of the Year’

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Nov 13, 2017 The magazine is honoring the man who started the "Take a Knee" movement for being a "powerful symbol of activism and resistance." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )