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Chris Hedges is off this week and will resume his column next week. Meanwhile, click here to look back at the classics.
Posted on May 26, 2013
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Truthdig prevailed over stiff competition in an election year to take home a Webby Award on Tuesday as best political website.
Posted on Apr 30, 2013
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Truthdig Publisher Zuade Kaufman speaks extensively about the origins of Truthdig in the new issue of Live Encounters magazine. It’s a personal recollection of how she started working with Robert Scheer, why the site is meant to be different and how advertising affects the online news business.
Posted on Apr 28, 2013
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Journalist Mike Whitney praised the Truthdig editor in chief for being “the only voice on the left” to defend former Reagan budget director David Stockman against an “army of toffeenose pundits” who failed to honor the essential truth of Stockman’s controversial New York Times op-ed.
Posted on Apr 11, 2013
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Paul Craig Roberts was an assistant secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. Like many Americans, he has been wounded by the government he helped create, and he’s tired of being called offensive and depressing for talking about it.
Posted on Apr 6, 2013
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless.
Posted on Mar 23, 2013
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Visitors to our site Friday may have seen a malware warning. We want to assure our readers that we are safe and cleared by Google. For more information, read on.
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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By Peter Z. Scheer — I don’t feel sad for Gore Vidal today. He lived to 86 and he had the kind of life people ask Santa Claus for. If anything, I feel sad for my country, which lost one of its truest patriots.
Posted on Aug 1, 2012
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A gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo., killing a dozen people, wounding scores of others, and inviting a national debate about gun laws and mental health policy.
Posted on Jul 21, 2012
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A collection of distinguished voices on the left—journalists, activists and organizers, including Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges—sued the Obama administration over the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. In interviews that occurred during or after the March court hearing, they spoke to the deep, grim causes of the deterioration of Western societies.
Posted on Jun 27, 2012
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We are launching a major overhaul of our comments section with the hope of providing the atmosphere necessary for a more thoughtful discourse.
Posted on May 23, 2012
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A decade of war on terror has created a culture of deference in which U.S. officials may restrict American civil liberties in the name of national security. This Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest bravely challenged that culture.
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Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the U.S. government over a provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that could enable the indefinite detention of American citizens, spoke with “Democracy Now!” alongside attorney Bruce Afran about a federal judge’s decision on Wednesday to block that provision.
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Truthdig has been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of politics and we need you to take 30 seconds to vote for us. Here are three reasons why we think we deserve to win.
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For the last five years, a tall blond intellectual has roamed our secret base of operations, touching virtually every item you read here and making them all better. Kasia Anderson left us Monday, and we will miss her.
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By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout —
A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Feb 28, 2012
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Truthdig’s home page has a new layout designed to give you our newest articles, videos and blogs in one easy-to-browse column. (Join us after the jump for an explainer.)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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With his column “The Cancer in Occupy,” published earlier this week at Truthdig, Chris Hedges angered many on the radical left with his harsh criticism of the Black Bloc anarchists. Truthout’s J.A. Myerson, an activist and journalist involved in OWS since the occupation’s earliest days, got hold of Hedges by phone to press the issue.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Feb 6, 2012
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Sign up for our classy newsletter and you’ll automatically be entered to win a T-shirt bearing the Mr. Fish cartoon of your choosing. Contest ends Feb. 17. Details after the jump.
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Truthdig is back in full effect after a day of technical difficulties on Tuesday. And not to worry—it wasn’t the result of a covert sting operation by Gingrich’s camp. Meanwhile, check out our commentary and join the ongoing conversation about Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech, won’t you?
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Jan 9, 2012
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Chris Hedges is working on a new book and is expected to resume his column in a few weeks. Meanwhile, click here to look back at the classics.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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We have a new Dig where you can find all of our Occupy movement coverage from Truthdig editors, contributors and commenters, as well as the latest from Twitter and around the Web. Check it out here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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