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New adaptations of prophetic Stephen King stories highlight the long, perverse tradition of “endurance” media, where suffering is the spectacle. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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As the world remembers the singular director’s oeuvre, his “other” television show has been curiously forgotten. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Selections from Truthdig's year in films, books and interviews with artists who are shaping our world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigOct 7, 2024
“Daytime Revolution” chronicles John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 takeover — with a little help from their radical friends — of “The Mike Douglas Show.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigSep 26, 2024
From Aztecs and Incans to United Farm Workers and Young Lords, the actor tells ‘the untold history of Latinos’ in a new documentary series. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigAug 30, 2024
The columnist-turned-host still has the ability to conceive of a better world. He just lost the ability to be ruthlessly honest about what it takes to build it. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Jeff Cohen / Common DreamsAug 20, 2024
Remembering TV’s most progressive daytime host, fired for giving airtime to Iraq War opponents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigAug 1, 2024
An interview with Ellen Geer about her actor father, the Red Scare and growing up with a famous folk singer in a cottage that’s now a museum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigNov 20, 2023
The new series "Four Died Trying" seeks to expose what—and who—was really behind the sizzling ’60s’ politics of assassination. We sat down with the filmmakers, John Kirby & Libby Handros. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
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