As a 16-year-old, he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for robbery. And the Supreme Court will not review his case to overturn the extreme punishment.

It's a good thing President Trump decided to spend the weekend playing golf and writing angry tweets at Mar-a-Lago instead.

We are beginning to see more and more how disgusting a profit-above-all-else economy is.

The Democratic National Committee would rather blame Russia and Julian Assange for the 2016 election disaster than challenge elite corporate interests.

Truthdig writers Sonali Kolhatkar and Max Blumenthal disagree with each other regarding key elements in the recent reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in Douma. This is Kolhatkar's take on the issue.

Truthdig writers Sonali Kolhatkar and Max Blumenthal disagree with each other regarding key elements in the recent reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in Douma. This is Blumenthal's take on the issue.

Conservatism in the United States used to stand for limited government authority. Now, the American right has taken itself out of the game.

As Americans focus on everything Trumpian, Palestinians die (or are killed) as a matter of course in Gaza. And, once again, the U.S. is complicit.

The teenagers who marched after the Parkland shootings don’t necessarily hate the world; they just hate the one we’ve built for them.