The Banking Model That's Bankrupting Americans
The U.S. government is unnecessarily feeding the “financialized” economy in which money makes money without producing new goods and services.
'Nowhere to Run To'
A young Iraqi man attending college in Florida sees his life upended by 9/11 in this excerpt from the novel "When All Else Fails."
Cronyism and Corruption Gave Us Today's CIA
How did waterboarding and mass surveillance become normalized in the post-9/11 CIA? Who was part of the agency's "Manson Family"? Read on.
How a Plant-Based Diet Could Finally Take Root
Solutions that eliminate animal protein aren’t—yet—profitable to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. But they could be an incalculable boon to the insurance industry, an excerpt from "What the Health" explains.
George H.W. Bush’s Entitlement Cool
Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer writes about and interviews the 41st president in this excerpt from Scheer's book "Playing President."
'Every Body Has a Story': A Striking Depiction of American Poverty
Beverly Gologorsky's new book is "a rare working-class novel ... about the 2007-2009 foreclosure crisis and how it hit not those 'too big to fail,' but those too small not to be clobbered by it," writes TomDispatch editor Tom Engelhardt.
The U.S. Military Takes Us Through the Gates of Hell
The only thing our leaders and generals have seemed capable of doing, starting from the day after the 9/11 attacks, is more or less the same thing with the same dismal results, again and again.
'Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World'
The 2007-2008 financial crisis triggered a massive shift in the global order.
How the U.S. and Iran Got to This Tense Moment
Iran has become the primary target of American antagonism, when Saudi Arabia, an even more repressive regime, remains a close ally.
Screw U: The Illegal Business Practices of Trump University
Soon after the author of "Trump U" started working for Donald Trump, he realized he was part of an appalling con game.
