Revolution, Past and Future: This Week in Truthdig Originals

Dear Truthdig reader, Sunday's newsletter is dedicated solely to Truthdig originals. Below, check out the highlights of our independent journalism from the past week, from commentary to cartoons. [Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Sunday, January 14, 2018 Featured story Opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred]( By Maj. Danny Sjursen — Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. [Read more]( national opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Could Be Trump's Kryptonite]( By Bill Boyarsky — The California politician does not like where the U.S. is headed and may run for president in 2020 to change the country's course. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [What #Oprah2020 Says About the State of U.S. Politics]( By Sonali Kolhatkar — The American people deserve better than another television celebrity with zero political experience as their president. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Trump Is Obsessing Over the Wrong Guy]( By Bill Blum — The Mueller investigation threatens the presidency in a way that the publication of "Fire and Fury" never will. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Washington Post Lied While Correcting President Trump's 1,950 Lies]( By Lee Camp — The way in which our mainstream media fact-checks Donald Trump is meant to deceive us. [Read more]( international opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Israel Is Exposing Africans to Danger of Slavery]( By David Sheen — Some are being forced out of Israel and eventually fall into captivity in Libya, where they are tortured and raped, mutilated and murdered. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Iran's People Do Not Need U.S. Crocodile Tears]( By Muhammad Sahimi — President Trump and neoconservatives want to exploit demonstrations about the Iranian economy for their own political gains. [Read more]( women opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [How Feminists Show Class Solidarity]( By Julian Vigo — The pairing of actresses with working-class women at the Golden Globes was an inspiring show of how females can ally to fight sexual predation across disparate strata. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [How Should Journalists Report on the #MeToo Movement?]( By Emily Wells — We have an obligation to listen—then report with nuance, attention and scrutiny. [Read more]( social issues opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Corpses of Souls]( By Chris Hedges — Walker Percy’s 1971 novel “Love in the Ruins” envisions a U.S. scuttled by moral degeneration, cruelty, violence and ignorance. It presciently describes society's spiritual and physical decay. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [And Compassion for All]( By Eric Ortiz — We're in this American experiment together. It's time to bring some real empathy into the world. [Read more]( environment opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Climate Denial Will Kill Us]( By Paul Street — It’s not too late to avert environmental catastrophe, but we must act fast or risk human extinction. [Read more]( Cartoons [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Trump Anthem (Video)]( By Mark Fiore — No one is publicly tackling any “bigger” issues like tax cuts or health care right now so the president’s absurdity is taking up even more oxygen than normal. [Watch]( [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [When Was Your Last Movement?]( By Mr. Fish — [See the full cartoon]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}, by newsletter@truthdig.com [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](