Arts & Culture - Truthdig

When Predators Become Prey

Joseph L. Flatley / Truthdig Oct 2, 2026 In the booming economy of online predator catchers, entertainment and punishment have replaced due process. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Interview

How to Plan Your Own Death

Corey Atad / Truthdig Sep 30, 2026 Director Sophie Deraspe wants her new documentary “The Final Act” to change how we think about dying. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Film

Predatory Sex and the Single Generation

Veronica Phillips / Truthdig Sep 25, 2026 While “Primetime” explores the heyday of “To Catch a Predator,” two new films show Gen Z taking a very different approach to dirty old men. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

The Israeli Filmmakers Behind ‘NAZA’ Might Lose Their Citizenship

Ken Bank / ZNetwork Sep 25, 2026 Netanyahu has pledged to advance two bills aimed at addressing what he calls the “immense damage” the documentary has done to Israeli soldiers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Sep 24, 2026 A political awakening spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd exposed the museum to accusations of woke excesses. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Film

The Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 24, 2026 John Wilson’s off-the-cuff documentary explores people through their material world, and vice versa. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Reporting From the Rubble

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 16, 2026 Ahmed Hassouna’s “Citizen Osama” is an extraordinary and intimate documentary about the life of a journalist in Gaza under siege. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Interview

The Knee Heard ’Round the World

Patrick Sauer / Truthdig Sep 15, 2026 An interview with Colin Kaepernick about his new memoir of football, protest and betrayal at the dawn of the Trump era. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

TD Column

‘Vive La (Sanitized) Résistance!’

Chris Lord / Truthdig Sep 10, 2026 A sleeper hit biopic about Charles De Gaulle and the Vichy-era Resistance is scrambling national memory ahead of France’s high-stakes election on Sept. 27. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Medicare for All: Where We’re Going and How We’re Getting There

Nancy J. Altman / Routledge Sep 4, 2026 A new book analyzes the dysfunction of the current system and argues healthcare should be available to everyone in America as a right — automatic and free of charge when we need it. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Books

Black Power, White Heat and the Work of Solidarity

Alexandria Shaner / ZNetwork Sep 4, 2026 What a history of the 1960s can teach us about cross-racial organizing in an authoritarian age. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Film

10 Films for a Labor Day Under New Management

Alex Demyanenko / Capital & Main Sep 3, 2026 While the Trump administration attacks workers’ rights, here are some of the most influential films about labor from the last 50 years. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )