Global Voices

A Grassroots Movement Mobilizes Against Femicide in Kenya

Jacqueline Kubania / Truthdig Mar 6, 2024 Organizers are fighting for wide-ranging reforms and an end to systemic violence against women. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Opinion

Unequal Justice: The US Supreme Court is Reactionary, But is it Also Corrupt?

Bill Blum / The Progressive Feb 13, 2023 Lawyer and former administrative judge Bill Blum continues his Truthdig series delving into the U.S. Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Why Do We Care So Much About the Supreme Court?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 9, 2023 It is not a new phenomenon. Americans have always cared passionately about the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blow Whistle for Service

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 8, 2019 Dig deeper

Ginsburg Warns of More 5-4 Supreme Court Decisions Ahead

JESSICA GRESKO / The Associated Press Jun 8, 2019 The justice's remarks come as high-profile cases involving the census and electoral maps are still pending before the term ends June 30. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Remembering the Real Martin Luther King Jr.

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2019 The civil rights icon's courageous call for peace and criticism of his government in a time of war must not be lost to history. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Trump and the GOP Will Live to Regret the Obamacare Repeal Ruling

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 19, 2018 Voiding the act would hurt so many Americans so gravely that even the Republican Party's expert messaging machine might be overmatched. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John Roberts Is the Supreme Court’s New Swing Justice

Bill Blum / Truthdig Oct 25, 2018 Here’s a close look at what we can expect from Justice Roberts now based on his track record on the top court. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How a Death Row Inmate Made Injustice Pay Off

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jun 28, 2018 After being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending 41 years at Angola prison in Louisiana, Gary Tyler has become a community leader in the struggle for justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Truth About the Cosby Verdict: Women Are Not Believed

Julian Vigo / Truthdig Apr 30, 2018 The decision is a token judgment and won't change much in terms of rape culture and the structural oppression of the "weaker sex." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Starbucks Drama Proves (Again) the Reactionaries Will Be Televised

Teodrose Fikre / Truthdig Apr 21, 2018 Injustice hunting has become the new favorite pastime of Americans instead of addressing the problems at their roots. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )