Matt Bivens

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Full-time ER doctor and former Russia-based foreign correspondent, newspaper editor and Chechnya war correspondent. Reluctant student of nuclear weapons.

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Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova

Opinion

Playing With Fire: The Shadowy US ‘Kill Chain’ in Russia

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jun 2, 2026 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The ‘Criminal Sentencing’ of Purdue Was a Cruel Fiction

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Apr 30, 2026 This week's performative farce was the antithesis of justice. Even the factual numbers cited were lies or distortions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Technology

Palantir’s ‘Workflow’ of AI-Directed Death

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Apr 3, 2026 A Pentagon presentation explains how a 'few clicks' with Project Maven finalizes target selection, which may have included an Iranian girls' elementary school. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Portrait of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei son Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Opinion

Every Death ‘a Separate Case in the File of Retaliation’

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Mar 16, 2026 Iran's new leader is keeping a list for revenge, while ours says he might drop more bombs "just for fun." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

‘No Family More Evil’: The Sacklers’ Second Act

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Feb 4, 2026 Though publicly shamed, the Sacklers avoided prison, remained billionaires, and are set to launch a new company, Knoa Pharma. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

‘We Need to Work This Out’

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jan 23, 2026 Recently declassified Bush-Putin transcripts are a timely reminder of the enduring urgency of pulling back from the nuclear brink. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Villainous Marketing of Purdue Pharma

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jan 9, 2026 The former opioid empire’s bankruptcy deal is delivering up 43 million documents that shed light on the company’s cold-blooded strategy to addict as many Americans as possible. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

Washington Can Still End the War in Ukraine

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Oct 7, 2025 But doing so would involve recognizing we helped create and sustain this tragedy. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Opinion

‘No Family More Evil’ Fights On

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Nov 27, 2024 Some members of the notorious Sackler family have returned to blaming doctors for the opioid crisis. Are they even wrong? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

1,001 Days of War

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Nov 21, 2024 Ukraine could never "win." But Washington wanted to play. So, we vetoed peace deals, killed hundreds of thousands, wasted untold billions and risked a world-ending nuclear war that is closer than ever. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Opinion

How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Sep 7, 2024 The opioid epidemic would not have been possible without the cooperation of the House of Medicine, from journals to the AMA. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

TD Original

After 75 Years, What Is NATO Good for?

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jul 9, 2024 A new book argues the Washington-led alliance is an obstruction to peace, not its guarantor. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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