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Occupy Draws Strength From the Powerless

A Religious War Out of Thin Air

Giving Famous Nudes the Photoshop Treatment

Waiting on the Wealth Hoarders

'Losing' the World: American Decline in Perspective, Part 1

‘Losing’ the World: American Decline in Perspective, Part 1
By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch

Obama Housing Plans vs. Reality
By Cora Currier, ProPublica

Waiting on the Wealth Hoarders
By James Beard

A Religious War Out of Thin Air
By Eugene Robinson

Mormon Economics and the GOP

White House Isn’t Buying What Syria Is Selling

Prison Fire Kills More Than 300 in Honduras

Congress Might Actually Make a Payroll Tax Deal Soon

Greeks ‘Cannot Take Any More’

Class vs. Race

Putin on Trial ... Almost

‘Colbert Report’: Contraception Crusade

Boehner: Time to Stop Playing ‘Political Games’ With the Tax Cut Bill

‘Freedom Watch’ Goes Dark

Herman Cain Will Not Dance With the Stars

Giving Famous Nudes the Photoshop Treatment

Hollywood Republicans: Rare, but Still There

Whitney Houston and the Politics of Posthumous Pricing

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Financial Meltdown 101

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them

By Amy Goodman, David Goodman
$5.18

China

When China Rules the World

China will soon become “the most powerful and influential country in the world,” says celebrated journalist Martin Jacques. But to what end?

Posted on Dec 17, 2009 132 COMMENTS

China

At the same time that China is recording huge increases in trade surpluses and currency reserves, deadly riots are breaking out on the outskirts of some of the country’s largest cities. In this Dig, scholar Orville Schell challenges the current wisdom about China being an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force.