Books

Books

Chile in Their Hearts, and Ours

Peter Kornbluh / NACLA May 30, 2025 The recent book by John Dinges pursues the untold story behind the killings of two Americans by the Chilean military after the 1973 coup. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

If Everyone Has Trauma, Everyone Has Trauma

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig May 16, 2025 The ubiquity of suffering does not make it less real, but in and of itself, it doesn’t make you special, either. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Books

‘Blue Collar Empire’: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade

Gabe Levine-Drizin / NACLA May 16, 2025 Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Books

(Don’t Fear) Thomas Pynchon

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig May 2, 2025 The legendary author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” turns 88 this week, but we’re the ones getting the presents. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Book Review

How Plagues Are Intertwined With Social Justice

Ramin Skibba / Undark Apr 18, 2025 “A History of the World in Six Plagues” explores the racial and class inequalities linking infectious disease epidemics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Book Review

The Political Poverty of “Abundance” Liberalism

David Sirota, Aaron Regunberg / The Lever Apr 7, 2025 Ezra Klein’s new book is supercharging elites’ campaign to deter Democrats from challenging billionaires and corporate power. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Interview

When History Rhymes: Muskism and McCarthyism

Alan Dean, Charles Petersen, Corey Robin / n+1 Mar 28, 2025 A conversation with Corey Robin on fear in the workplace. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Book Review

No-Man’s-Land: The Writing and Art of Guantánamo

Jacqueline Loss / NACLA Mar 14, 2025 A new book examines how art produced in Guantánamo reimagines empathy and resistance. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Books

What the Book Section Likes

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 10, 2025 Publishing isn’t dying, but book media — narrow, conventional, status-obsessed — needs critical review. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Here’s to the Changemakers and Culture Shapers of 2024

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2024 Selections from Truthdig's year in films, books and interviews with artists who are shaping our world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Books

The Alchemy That Powers the Modern World

Sarah Scoles / Undark Dec 13, 2024 Two recent books examine the use and abuse of uranium and the costs of producing the vital minerals needed to fuel tomorrow’s technology. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Media

From ‘Satisfactory’ to ‘Problematic’: Press Freedom in the U.S. Hit an All-Time Low

Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff / Seven Stories Press Dec 13, 2024 Legislative assaults on the media are a key driver of the downward spiral. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )