Biden Won’t Say Whether Sanders Could Unify Democrats as Nominee

BILL BARROW / The Associated Press Jan 28, 2020 The former vice president's comments come amid rising tensions between the Democratic presidential race rivals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Psychedelic Spin on ‘National Security’

By Ira Chernus / TomDispatch Jun 20, 2017 Two kinds of radicalism emerged in the ’60s: one promoting a more humane idea of security, the other aimed at building a life that transcended the question of security altogether. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Shutting Down American-Style Authoritarianism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2017 The horrors unfolding under the Trump administration are abetted by liberals who still believe that capitalism and democracy are synonymous. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Ted Koppel Tells Sean Hannity He’s ‘Bad for America’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 27, 2017 The former "Nightline" journalist has a bone to pick with Hannity (pictured), and he's not hesitant to do it on the Fox News anchor's own show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Galileo’s Middle Finger

By Ellen Ruppel Shell Apr 24, 2015 As is true of any human endeavor, the pursuit of science cannot be entirely objective — ideology and economics inevitably play roles. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Putin and the Neoconservatives

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2015 Russia and the United States are engaged in a profound ideological confrontation -- one that isn't widely understood in Western Europe or even at the White House. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Beyond the Spectacle of Neoliberal Violence in the Age of Terrorism

By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch Aug 29, 2014 When our inner worlds work under the death-haunted dictates of casino capitalism, the Apocalypse is embraced as if it functioned exclusively as a form of entertainment, rather than providing a warning about the rise of militarism, the killing of civilians, and religious and political fundamentalisms. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Does the NSA Have Another Snowden on Its Hands?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2014 Government officials suspect another whistle-blower is leaking documents from the National Security Agency to The Intercept; the left's concern with ideology over beauty may be destroying art; meanwhile, Toledo, Ohio's water contamination may finally change Republicans' attitudes toward the environment. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Insider’s Economic Dictionary: I Is for Ideology

By Michael Hudson Nov 30, 2013 Ideology: A set of assumptions so appealing that one looks at their abstract logic rather than how the world actually works. (See Insanity.) Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Path of Hubris and War

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 22, 2013 The bombs that ended the Boston Marathon in April were planted by young Muslims who had come to the United States as immigrants, rejected America as a civilization, and then attacked it, leaving behind a message of religious war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Temperature Check From Sen. Sanders

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 10, 2013 “Despite such terminology as ‘fiscal cliff’ and ‘debt ceiling,’ ” writes Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., “the great debate taking place in Washington now has relatively little to do with financial issues. It is all about ideology.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Beacon

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