By Zach Sharf / SalonFeb 28, 2020
"Knives Out" director Rian Johnson explains why the bad guy in his latest film isn't using any of the tech company's products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kathie Bozanich / TruthdigMar 26, 2019
The progressive mayor from South Bend has surged to third place in a new Iowa poll, riding a wave of support from 18- to 29-year-olds. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Allen Barra / TruthdigOct 12, 2018
As the filmmaker readies for his Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles, one of his most compelling fever dreams deserves another look. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 20, 2017
Media critic Norman Solomon says the Democratic Party's Russia fixation ignores vital messaging on important issues. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigNov 18, 2015
It's a refrain that has been played and replayed before, but some Americans might need yet another refresher. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigNov 14, 2015
In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union—one of many deviations from official history that are recounted in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." (With transcript)In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union, as reported in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 28, 2015
Salon's Simon Maloy points out that while every move of Republican presidential hopefuls is reported by U.S. media, the Vermont senator's ideas are either unreported or ridiculed, despite their apparent value in the face of growing inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 6, 2015
Salon contributor Elias Isquith asked former university academic, author and activist David Graeber what made him want to write a book about bureaucracy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 28, 2015
Barack Obama “makes George W. Bush and Richard Nixon look good by comparison," Truthdig's editor-in-chief told Salon in an interview about his new book, “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 12, 2014
Though poking fun at right wingers is amusing, a Salon writer argues that it gets Democrats off the hook; Israeli media are "waking up" to the devastation in Gaza and to international criticism; meanwhile, an IBM chip has been developed that works similarly to human brains. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 3, 2014
Recent polls show a growing divide between a younger generation that's "over Israel" and their elders who, according to Salon writer David Palumbo-Liu, still view the recent conflict in the context of the Holocaust among other reasons. But can we wait for Generation Y to address the "tremendous humanitarian crisis" taking place in Gaza? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 28, 2014
In a Salon review Sunday of Ralph Nader's spring 2014 book "Unstoppable," Bill Curry, former White House counselor to President Bill Clinton, takes Democrats led by Clinton and Barack Obama to task for making their party an indentured servant of Wall Street and gifting economic populism to the right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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