Media

Politics

The New Red Scare Is Dumber Than Ones Past

Luke Savage / Truthdig Jul 14, 2026 The appeal of socialism once inspired intellectual ferment on the right. Today, its critique of the left is completely out of gas. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

One Year Later: Bezos’ WaPo Cheerleads for MAGA, Billionaires and AI

Pete Tucker / FAIR Jul 10, 2026 Things have only gotten worse at the paper since an editorial clampdown caused the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

How Woody Guthrie Keeps Resonating With New Generations

Steve Appleford / Capital & Main Jul 9, 2026 A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

CNBC Helps SpaceX Pull Off Trillion-Dollar Pump-and-Dump

Wilson Korik / FAIR Jul 6, 2026 True to form, the network ran a series of infomercials for the stock, helping investors sell overvalued shares to retail customers. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Politics

What Hasan Piker’s Role in Michigan Tells Us About the Democratic Party

Tom Perkins / Mondoweiss Jul 2, 2026 Abdul El-Sayed’s insurgent campaign has become a key battle in the fight between the party establishment and progressive left. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Red Bait Redux

Jared O. Bell / ZNetwork Jun 30, 2026 As billionaires further enrich themselves while dismantling democracy, Americans are warned against voting for “godless communism.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Inside South Korea’s Thriving Digital Sex Abuse Machine

JiHye Jeong / Truthdig Jun 30, 2026 AI is supercharging South Korea’s online ecosystem of illegal filming and sexual exploitation, shifting men from consumers to producers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Truthdig Wins 13 Southern California Journalism Awards

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2026 The Los Angeles Press Club awarded Truthdig three first-place, three second-place and seven third-place prizes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Race

Uprooted: ‘Roots’ Is Banned on its 50th Birthday

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Capital & Main Jun 19, 2026 A half-century after the publication of Alex Haley’s masterwork, a Tennessee school board’s move to ban the book has stoked outcry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

Who’s Afraid of Hasan Piker?

Luca GoldMansour / FAIR Jun 16, 2026 The streamer’s popularity has everything to do with the moral bankruptcy of establishment Democrats and their allies in the media. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Platner’s Imperfections

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jun 8, 2026 The oyster farmer is a muscled Homer Simpson — the blunderingly caring lummox doing his best, whom we’re culturally predisposed to hug and forgive while he figures it all out. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

Did the Democrats Sabotage Graham Platner?

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jun 8, 2026 Strip away the moralizing and the sequence is obvious: an inconvenient insurgent, internal material weaponized by his own side, a Republican-linked source and a calendar tuned to a removal-and-replace statute. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )