The Seventh Exclusion: Key Moments in Racist U.S. Immigration History

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 27, 2018 At least six other times in the past, people were excluded from America on the basis of race or religion. The Roberts Supreme Court has just legitimized the seventh. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

CNN’s Welcome to Far-Right Pundit Is One More Example of ‘Trumpwashing’

Adam Johnson / FAIR Jun 14, 2018 Centrist and liberal media have a disturbing tendency to rehabilitate some of the most vile, reactionary forces on the right simply because they say vaguely negative things about Trump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Islamophobia Is Being Codified and Becoming Increasingly Acceptable in America

Arnold R. Isaacs / TomDispatch Jun 13, 2018 In today's America, disparaging Islam is acceptable in ways that disparaging other religions is not. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Building on Our Poor People’s Campaign Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2018 Our reader-funded project to launch coverage of this important movement has been a success. Now we need your help to keep documenting activism across the nation in this historic moment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Did Trump Try to Woo Muslim Envoys With a Dinner?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 7, 2018 The recent meal he hosted may have been designed to offer a different image of himself to cast doubt on the conclusion that Islamophobia lies behind his Muslim ban. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bolton Flunky Fleitz Raises Stakes for Iran

By Ray McGovern / Consortiumnews Jun 4, 2018 Islamophobe and John Bolton ally Fred Fleitz, newly installed as the National Security Council's chief of staff, was a danger a decade ago in the Bush administration and is even more so now. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Documenting the Poor People’s Campaign

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2018 Activists and civil rights advocates from across the nation have joined to create a new movement that is reigniting Martin Luther King's 1968 effort to fight racism, militarism and materialism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poor People’s Campaign: A Struggle Rising From the Streets

Staff and Michael Nigro / Truthdig May 21, 2018 The second week of the campaign kicks off in Chicago, under the theme "Linking Systemic Racism and Poverty." But police are using an unconventional tactic to prevent a movement from building. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Trump Team May Be Focusing on Odd, Obscure Iran Plan

Max Blumenthal / Greyzone Project May 12, 2018 National security adviser John Bolton reportedly has authorized distribution of a white paper produced by Jim Hanson, a self-proclaimed expert “practitioner of the art of war.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Protests Force Starbucks to Ditch ADL From Leading Anti-Racism Training

Marjorie Cohn / Consortiumnews May 3, 2018 An outcry over the inclusion of the Anti-Defamation League, an Jewish nongovernmental organization, as a lead member of upcoming anti-racism training forced the coffee company to back down. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Installing Your New Secretary of State (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Apr 26, 2018 It looks like Mike Pompeo is heading toward an easy floor vote in the Senate, thanks to some spine-softening moves by Kentucky’s Rand Paul. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Apr 25, 2018 I just noticed something in one of the statements of the nominee for secretary of state while he was a representative in Congress from Kansas, and it is potentially chilling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )