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Iraq From the Inside
Sep 2, 2008 Iraqi journalist Huda Ahmed, who has recently been granted asylum in the U.S., looks back on more than five years of war and occupation from an Iraqi perspective.
Joseph Stiglitz on Recession
Jun 4, 2008 Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist and co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War," shares his insights into America's economic woes and explains why things are probably going to get worse.
Joseph Stiglitz on Recession
Jun 4, 2008 Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist and co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War," shares his insights into America's economic woes and explains why things are probably going to get worse.
Us vs. Them
May 6, 2008 Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, argues for a more humane foreign policy and explains why American airstrikes in Somalia and elsewhere are about more than terrorism.
The $3-Trillion War
Apr 16, 2008 Harvard scholar Linda Bilmes speaks about the book on the Iraq war's costs that she wrote with Joseph Stiglitz. The two former Truthdiggers of the Week have been working hard to uncover even more hidden expenses for the war, which they estimate will cost the taxpayers and their children trillions of dollars.
Lance Williams on Barry Bonds
Dec 8, 2007 The "Game of Shadows" co-author shares his thoughts on Barry Bonds' legal woes, the impact of steroids on sports and how Nancy Pelosi helped to keep him (Williams) out of jail.
Paul Krugman on the ‘Conscience of a Liberal’
Nov 16, 2007 The New York Times columnist brings his liberal conscience and economic expertise to bear on the housing crisis and sheds light on the dirty secret behind many political victories by conservatives: "The consistent source of [Republican] success has been race."Ingredients for Murder
Aug 20, 2007 Truthdig contributor James Harris investigates the assassination of an Oakland journalist who was gunned down recently, apparently to protect the reputation of Your Black Muslim Bakery, an organization claiming high ideals that has been increasingly linked to violence and scandal.The Imus Distraction
Apr 17, 2007 Truthdig's resident analyst of racial politics argues that the firing of Don Imus will not alleviate the more pressing problems plaguing the black community.
The Invisible City: Entering Oakland
Mar 11, 2007 In 2006 alone, 148 people were murdered in the streets of Oakland, most of them African-American. Today the epidemic of violence continues unabated and largely ignored. Truthdig contributor James Harris reports on the forgotten crisis that threatens to tear his city apart.