Jacob Sugarman
Former Managing EditorJacob Sugarman is a former managing editor at Truthdig.
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Noam Chomsky: ‘The Neoliberal Order Is Visibly Collapsing’
Feb 4, 2020 The famed linguist examines the threat Bernie Sanders poses to the Democratic Party, as well as the "morbid symptoms" of late capitalism.
Document Offers Tantalizing Preview of a Sanders Administration
Jan 30, 2020 A new Washington Post report reveals the Vermont senator is already considering a wide array of executive orders if he's elected president.
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Argentina Defies the Americas’ Crisis of Democracy
Dec 23, 2019 As regional powers backslide and Donald Trump looms, one nation offers a popular, progressive alternative. A dispatch from Buenos Aires.
Glenn Greenwald Sounds the Alarm on Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Nov 27, 2019 In an op-ed for The New York Times, The Intercept co-founder decries the Brazilian government's encouragement of violence against the press.
Bernie Sanders’ Stance on Bolivia Matters
Nov 18, 2019 Any party even nominally opposed to imperialism should be able to identify a coup as such. It's a test Democrats have failed miserably.
Errol Morris Is as Scared as You Are
Nov 15, 2019 The legendary documentarian opens up about his new film, "American Dharma," his fear of Steve Bannon and what makes compelling propaganda.
Democrats Can’t Ignore Their Biden Problem Forever
Nov 1, 2019 New data on impeachment and the Ukraine scandal underscore the dangers of running the former vice president against Donald Trump in 2020.
Trump Is Losing the Most Important Impeachment Battle
Oct 3, 2019 If the president sounds panicked, he has reason to be. New polling data indicate that a plurality of Americans now backs his impeachment.
Russia Sees Its Reflection in the West
Sep 18, 2019 "This Is Not Propaganda" author Peter Pomerantsev explores how authoritarian regimes and far-right movements have weaponized free speech.
Kamala Harris Has Nothing to Offer Progressives
Aug 22, 2019 If the California senator is already backing away from Medicare for All, why should we trust that she's committed to a Green New Deal?
Nancy Pelosi Is Not on Your Side
Jul 10, 2019 The House Speaker increasingly appears more eager to hold the progressives in her caucus to account than the president and his cabinet.