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Matthews vs. McNulty

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 25, 2008 If television is the nation's mirror, then no two TV characters reflect the intensifying "two Americas" gap better than Chris Matthews and "The Wire's" Jimmy McNulty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pennsylvania and the Persistence of the Race Chasm

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 23, 2008 Hillary Clinton's win over Barack Obama Tuesday highlights the racial motivations of at least some Pennsylvania voters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Colorado Still Sneers at Labor

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 18, 2008 The state in which an infamous slaughter of labor organizers occurred in 1914 may not be killing unionists these days but its persecution of them continues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Long, Sorrowful Ludlow Legacy

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 A straight line can be drawn between the 1914 labor massacre in Colorado and today's killing fields in Colombia. And one of the villains in both cases is the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 The real John McCain is re-emerging: a politician who rakes in big bucks by being a hired gun for the corporations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Wright Right About Racism?

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 28, 2008 Since the 1960s, bigotry has undergone an aesthetic makeover. Today, the most pernicious racists do not wear pointy hoods, scream epithets and anonymously burn crosses from behind masks. They don starched suits, recite sententious bromides and stage political lynchings before television cameras. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Crisis, Old Isms

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 The Federal Reserve Bank's decision last week to address the housing crisis by extending $200 billion of taxpayer-financed credit to Wall Street banks was met with a stunned reaction typical of surprising events. But really, the move was the expression of longstanding isms that routinely package corruption as sound public policy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Remembering What Nixon Learned

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 14, 2008 In 1958, the GOP took a shellacking after the vice president used an anti-worker scheme in trying to win votes for his party. Now, right-wingers are resurrecting that failed strategy in Colorado, a key "swing" state. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hope in the Time of NAFTA

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 7, 2008 Reading articles about Hillary Clinton attacking NAFTA can lead you to believe The Onion has taken over America's news bureaus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The New Permanent Campaign

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 29, 2008 In 1976, a young political consultant named Patrick Caddell sent a memo to Jimmy Carter telling the president-elect to wage "a continuing political campaign" that fuses public policy and political goals. This doctrine became known as the permanent campaign, and it is now changing from a White House tactic into a national grass-roots organizing strategy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Trade Transformation

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 When it came to sex, Bill Clinton made us debate the definition of "is." Now, when it comes to economics, Hillary Clinton wants to debate the definition of "long," claiming this week in Ohio that "I've long been a critic of the shortcomings of NAFTA." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Candidate of the Permanent Will

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 15, 2008 To the consternation of news bureaus, political consulting firms and has-been politicians, The Wall Street Journal's poll last month shows that America is hostile to an independent presidential candidacy by Michael Bloomberg. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )