Reports - Interviews | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/interviews/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-10-22T21:49:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/interviews/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Where Have All the Ramparts Gone? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091022_where_have_all_the_ramparts_gone/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091022_where_have_all_the_ramparts_gone/ 1960s, a bomb in every issue, book, journalism, kasia anderson, magazine, media, mlk, new york times, peter richardson, politics, ramparts, robert scheer, scheer, vietnam war, war, Interviews

Peter Richardson’s new book about the groundbreaking Ramparts magazine says the rag changed America. Truthdig arts and culture editor Kasia Anderson asks the author and former Ramparts Editor Robert Scheer, Truthdig’s editor-in-chief, why the magazine’s impact isn’t better remembered and what will take its place.

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]]> 2009-10-22T21:49:17+00:00 Where Did All These Marchers Come From? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090918_where_did_all_these_marchers_come_from_report/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090918_where_did_all_these_marchers_come_from_report/ astroturfing, free press, glenn beck, health, media, obama, politics, teabaggers, Interviews

Josh Silver from FreePress.net joins us to discuss the Glenn Beck phenomenon, Obama’s health care plan and our country’s dependence on for-profit media.

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]]> 2009-09-18T08:28:42+00:00 Not Really a Lifeline for Homeowners? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090901_a_lifeline_for_homeowners_report/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090901_a_lifeline_for_homeowners_report/ banks, economy, foreclosure, housing crisis, loan modification, obama, tarp, Interviews

John Dunbar of the Center for Public Integrity has analyzed the Obama administration’s home loan modification program, which aims to keep troubled borrowers in their homes, and finds it “highly problematic.”

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]]> 2009-09-02T03:41:00+00:00 There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in History http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090825_there_are_more_slaves_today_than_at_any_time_in_human_history/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090825_there_are_more_slaves_today_than_at_any_time_in_human_history/ benjamin skinner, book, economy, history, money, prostitution, sex, slavery, terrence mcnally, Interviews AlterNet

One writer spent four years inside the world of modern-day slavery, an industry that produces huge profits and countless wasted lives.

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]]> 2009-08-26T00:22:04+00:00 Dennis vs. Goliath http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090717_dennis_goliath_report/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090717_dennis_goliath_report/ bailout, banks, congress, economy, health care, henry paulson, house, kucinich, politics, Interviews Dennis Kucinich

Rep. Dennis Kucinich talks about winning a big victory for health care reform, grilling Hank Paulson over the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger, and the battle against crony capitalism.

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]]> 2009-07-18T04:24:48+00:00 Fighting Crime by Reforming Juvenile Hall http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090602_fighting_crime_in_juvenile_hall_report/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090602_fighting_crime_in_juvenile_hall_report/ bay area, beat within, crime, detention, economy, justice, juvenile hall, kids, law, oakland, podcast, police, politics, prison, sheerly avni, Interviews ENTER_ALT_TEXT

This week on the podcast: Sheerly Avni and Omar Turcios from The Beat Within, a magazine written by and for the troubled kids in juvenile prisons. Such facilities could be “recruiting grounds for crime fighting,” argues Avni, and that’s in our self-interest.

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]]> 2009-06-02T09:01:58+00:00 U.S. Citizens Detained and Deported by Immigration http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090424_citizens_detained_and_deported_report/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090424_citizens_detained_and_deported_report/ center for investigative reporting, ice, immigration, podcast, race, Interviews

In its zeal to crack down on illegal immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining and deporting American citizens. The Center for Investigative Reporting’s Andrew Becker talks about his investigation into this disturbing trend.

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]]> 2009-04-24T11:04:19+00:00 The Business of War http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090406_the_business_of_war_repost/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090406_the_business_of_war_repost/ afghanistan, government, iraq, kwiatowski, military, pentagon, podcast, war, Interviews

Pentagon whistle-blower Karen Kwiatowski returns to the Truthdig podcast to take stock of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which she says are effectively “a government jobs program for the military and military contractors.”

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]]> 2009-04-07T03:22:44+00:00 Amy Goodman on ‘Standing Up to the Madness’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090331_amy_goodman_standing_up_repost/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090331_amy_goodman_standing_up_repost/ activism, amy goodman, book, democracy, democracy now, media, obama, patriot act, politics, radio, Interviews

The “Democracy Now!” host talks about her book, the state of activism and why “the media are the most powerful corporations on Earth—more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile.”

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]]> 2009-03-31T09:17:47+00:00 Oliver Stone: The Director’s Cut http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090305_oliver_stone_101/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090305_oliver_stone_101/ economy, film, george w. bush, my lai, oliver stone, robert scheer, ron kovic, stimulus, tom cruise, truthdig, vietnam, w., wall street, Interviews Stone interview

The renowned filmmaker visited USC’s Annenberg School for Communication on March 3 to talk with Truthdig editors Robert Scheer and Kasia Anderson and their students about “Wall Street,” his 1987 classic—suddenly all too relevant again—and to give a panoramic take on his body of work and what the future holds for the movie industry.

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