The Problem Threatening the Entire American Middle Class

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad / OtherWords Oct 29, 2019 As the U.S. becomes more diverse, the shocking racial wealth divide is no longer a challenge for disenfranchised minorities alone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Poll: Blacks Think Civil Rights Goals Not Achieved

JESSE J. HOLLAND and EMILY SWANSON / The Associated Press Mar 30, 2018 Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., only 1 in 10 African-Americans think the U.S. has achieved the goals of the civil rights movement he led. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Legalizing Tyranny

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 4, 2018 The U.S. judicial system routinely provides unfair trials and coerces defendants—often poor people of color, and often innocent—into accepting plea deals that call for brutally long sentences. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

First Amendment, Not the Second, Is How We Secure Liberty

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig Mar 3, 2018 In the United States, why do we limit free speech and protest for minorities more than we limit guns? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump, GOP Fuel Fantasies of White Victimhood

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 26, 2017 It’s time to pursue economic justice for all and stamp out the notion that only people of color are perpetrators of violence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

White Whine

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Why ‘When We Rise’ Is Historic

Larry Gross / Truthdig Jun 5, 2017 The ABC miniseries, which aired earlier this year, tells the story of the “gay revolution” with an accuracy and complexity that has rarely been attempted—or achieved. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

White Majority

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U.K. Violence After the Brexit Vote Might Hold Lessons for America

By Patrick G. Lee / ProPublica Jan 12, 2017 A divisive vote, with jobs and immigrants the most combustible issues, leaving many anxious about intolerance and the violence that can stem from it. Sound familiar? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Samantha Bee: Democrats, Don’t Let Panic Make You Abandon Principles or the People Who Voted for You

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 13, 2016 The "Full Frontal" host thinks that the Democratic Party should "invite working-class white people to the party," but it shouldn't necessarily try to do so by following the Republican Party's lead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meet the Inspiring Activists at the Head of the Women’s March on Washington

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 5, 2016 "Three of the four co-chairs represent the most targeted groups by the [coming] administration," Linda Sarsour told The Huffington Post. Carmen Perez is Mexican-American, Sansour is Muslim American and Tamika Mallory is African-American. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

John Oliver: America’s Increasingly Segregated Schools Are ‘Very Rarely Equal in Any Way’ (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 1, 2016 Public schools are more segregated than they have been for more than 40 years, but the "Last Week Tonight" host argues this isn't a case of resegregation. It turns out cities like New York "never really bothered integrating in the first place." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )