Truthout
Police Brutality
Ralph Nader Explains Why United Airlines Has “Total Unbridled Discretion to Throw You Off a Plane”
Ralph Nader, who advocated for compensation for those bumped from flights in the 1970s, discusses the recent United Airlines brutality.
Elusive Victories: Voting Rights, Desegregation and the Erosion of Civil Rights
The civil rights movement's victories on voting rights and desegregation have withered in alarming ways.
How Do We Honor Chance Baker’s Life?
The responses of city officials in Portland, Maine, to another case of police violence doesn't deal with the core issues.
|
What Really Scared Me About Trump’s Speech
We can't stop a villain in the White House from being seen as “presidential,” but we can step up our resistance. Here's how.
Water Protectors Call for Global Mass Mobilizations as Army Plans to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline
On Tuesday, the US Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it will greenlight the final phase of construction of the pipeline.
|
Beyond Romanticization: Reflections on Obama in the Age of Trump
Fear of Trump has inured many of us to the injury Obama inflicted upon individuals and communities across the world.
Missile Launchers at Standing Rock: Weaponized Law in Action
Jeff Haas, an attorney with the Water Protector Legal Collective, speaks about the draconian legal practices being employed against those at Standing Rock.
“I’m Afraid They Are Out to Kill”: Water Protectors Testify to Police Violence at Standing Rock
Bobbi Jean Three Legs of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and Anishinaabe activist Winona LaDuke discuss the recent executive actions by Trump.
Can Chicago Take on Police Union Contracts This Year?
A coalition of community and civil rights organizations demand substantive contract reform.
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Why He Will Not Attend Trump Inauguration and Will Instead Join Women’s March
Democratic Congressmember Luis Gutiu00e9rrez discusses why he will not be attending the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.