The Reluctant Activist

Chris Storm / Truthdig Feb 5, 2018 Wonky as it seems, gerrymandering is a sinister threat in America. Fighting to keep voting districts fair is the most important work we can do. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A New McCarthyism Is Taking Hold in America

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Sep 27, 2017 Russia has become the villain in virtually every bad thing that happens, and U.S. dissidents are being treated as "fellow travelers." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

School Segregation Is Making a Comeback

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Sep 20, 2017 Many states have made it easier for communities to secede from their school district, thus allowing them to segregate again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Big Ben

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How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama

By Ryan Gabrielson / ProPublica Feb 6, 2017 As Alabama's attorney general, Sessions passionately fought the effort to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. As Alabama's attorney general, Sessions passionately fought the effort to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Is MLK’s Legacy to the 99 Percent Being Reversed in the Age of Trumpian Reaction?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 16, 2017 We need the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. now more than ever. Dig deeper ( 5 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 )

Make America Great, as It Was … When?

By Jill Richardson / OtherWords Dec 17, 2015 Donald Trump and his followers clearly don't see the ugly parts of our nation's past as problematic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Robert Scheer on American Power and Arrogance: ‘It’s a Toxic Cocktail’ (Part 10 of 10)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2015 In the final installment of The Real News Network’s series of interviews on “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer explains how an infatuation with American culture and an ignorance of American history have led to unbelievable levels of brutality and destruction. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Moves to Undo Civil Rights Law … Again

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 30, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court has once again taken it upon itself to reconsider a landmark civil rights law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Newly Discovered MLK Speech on Civil Rights and Apartheid

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2015 "Democracy Now!" and Pacifica Radio Archives air an exclusive, newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., made Dec. 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are Charter Schools Segregating America’s Education System?

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 13, 2014 Charter schools are often promoted as a tool to address educational inequities, but a potential precedent-setting legal case launched earlier this month says the opposite. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )