Skip to main content Skip to footer
Truthout
  • Latest
  • About
  • Donate
  • Trending:
  • Inflation
  • Donald Trump
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Drug Pricing
  • Afghanistan
  • Truthout on Facebook
  • Truthout on Twitter
  • Truthout on Instagram
  • Truthout RSS Feed
  • Latest
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • SECTIONS
  • Culture & Media
  • Economy & Labor
  • Education & Youth
  • Environment & Health
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • LGBTQ Rights
  • Politics & Elections
  • Prisons & Policing
  • Racial Justice
  • Reproductive Rights
  • War & Peace
  • Series & Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Memorial Essay Prize
  • Financial Information
  • Privacy Policy
  • Jobs
  • Contact Us
  • Support Truthout
  • Manage Your Donation
  • Truthout on Facebook
  • Truthout on Twitter
  • Truthout on Instagram
  • Truthout RSS Feed
© 2021 Truthout

July 4

Tourists walk past the Supreme Court on June 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

The Supreme Court’s Assault Is Far From Over. July 4 Is No Celebration.

The frontal assault by right-wing forces upon all the progressive gains made in the last century is only just beginning.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
July 4, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
War & Peace

July 4 Glorifies the US Military — a Force With White Supremacy at Its Core

According to a Military Times poll, 57 percent of troops of color report experiencing white supremacist behavior.
by
Rory Fanning,
Truthout
July 4, 2021
Truthout
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

The Fourth of July Must Be a Day of Protest Against White Supremacy

Instead of celebrating a false historical narrative of liberty and justice for all, we should be out in the streets.
by
Kamau Franklin,
Truthout
July 4, 2020
Truthout
Op-Ed
Human Rights

July Fourth Never Meant Anything to a Disabled Black Woman Like Me

I cannot celebrate a country that has systematically disenfranchised Black people and has written off disabled people.
by
Imani Barbarin,
Rewire.News
July 3, 2020
Truthout
News Analysis
Human Rights

The Declaration of Independence Is Sexist, Racist, Prejudiced

How we can embrace the underlying spirit of the Declaration of Independence but also learn from its shortcomings.
by
Matthew Rozsa,
Salon
July 4, 2019
Truthout
Politics & Elections

Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump: Faint Hope Endures This Fourth of July

The former slave imagined a better nation than this. Too many white people want to go backward, but there’s still hope.
by
Chauncey DeVega,
Salon
July 4, 2018
Truthout
Op-Ed
War & Peace

Enough Bombs Bursting in Air. We Need to Love One Another.

On this day of national self-congratulation, I propose a project.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
July 4, 2018
Truthout
Op-Ed

No One Expects a Monty Python Fourth of July

The US and the UK may yet be an ocean apart and separated by a common language but we share a bond of vast wealth at the very…
by
Michael Winship,
Moyers & Company
July 15, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Founders’ True Spirit

How appropriate that July 4 this year coincides with a moment when the Supreme Court’s health care decision has prompted a vigorous constitutional debate.
by
E.J. Dionne Jr.,
The Washington Post Writers Group
July 4, 2012
Truthout
Subscribe Truthout's Latest

Our daily email newsletter will keep you up to date.

Support Independent Journalism

Truthout is a nonprofit and depends on your financial support.

Follow @truthout

Follow us for first access to the latest news and analysis.

  • Truthout on Facebook
  • Truthout on Twitter
  • Truthout on Instagram
  • Truthout on Youtube
  • Truthout RSS Feed
  • About Us
  • Staff
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Report an Issue
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • ©2022 Truthout
^ Back to Top
×

Get our free emails

As long as democracy is under attack, staying informed is a radical act. Get the news delivered to your inbox every day.

Already a subscriber? Please consider making a small donation today.

To donate by check, phone, bitcoin, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.
To donate by check, phone, bitcoin, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.

Subscribe to Truthout

Get daily news, in-depth reporting and critical analysis from the journalists, activists and thinkers who are working to improve our world..

×

Get our free emails

As long as democracy is under attack, staying informed is a radical act. Get the news delivered to your inbox every day.

Already a subscriber? Please consider making a small donation today.