Interviews

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A BLM Founder Looks Back and Ahead

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jul 12, 2023 While racial equity progress is slow, Melina Abdullah sees enough hope to continue Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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After the Coup: An Interview With Peter Kornbluh, Part II

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Jul 11, 2023 How Kissinger and the CIA bolstered the regime of Augusto Pinochet for years—until they couldn’t. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

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How the Psychedelic Movement Disregards Indigenous Knowledge

Joseph Lee / The Microdose Jul 11, 2023 Five questions for Indigenous protester Kuthoomi Castro. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Kissinger and the CIA in Chile: An Interview With Peter Kornbluh, Part I

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Jul 6, 2023 A comprehensive review of the U.S. role in the 1973 coup of Salvador Allende and its aftermath. Dig deeper ( 46 Min. Read )

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All Politics Are Spiritual: An Interview with Marianne Williamson 

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Jun 28, 2023 "Whether the DNC is ready to admit it or not," the two-time candidate says, " ...the rumblings underneath the surface shall not be silenced." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

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An AI Diagnosed Her With Breast Cancer. She Ran an Experiment To Check Its Accuracy.

Lam Thuy Vo / The Markup Jun 20, 2023 An interview with Meredith Broussard, a data scientist has written extensively about the dangers of AI in the academic realm. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Thelma Cabrera: “We Are Fighting for a Plurinational State”

Giovanni Batz / NACLA Jun 19, 2023 An interview with Thelma Cabrera, Maya Mam human rights defenders, who was barred from running for president in Guatemala. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Livestream Event Transcript for “Downstream Radioactivity: What on Earth Is Coming Out of the Pipes?”

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2023 A transcript of Truthdig's roundtable with researchers and watchdogs on the radioactivity being released during oil and gas drilling. Dig deeper ( 75 Min. Read )

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Exposing Clarence Thomas

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig May 22, 2023 An interview with the reporter who revealed corruption within the Supreme Court nine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The “Funhouse Mirror” of the Debt Ceiling Crisis

Janine Jackson / FAIR May 15, 2023 An interview with Chris Lehmann — who calls the debt ceiling crisis "a completely pointless contrivance that has outlived whatever usefulness it may have once had." Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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If Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile, Will It Die There?

Marc Cooper / KPFK May 1, 2023 Marc Cooper, Dig Curator and former translator to President Allende, speaks to KPFK Radio's Suzi Weissman about the complex historical forces at work today in Chile. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

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The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Military

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2023 The video and full transcript from Truthdig's recent livestream event featuring a discussion between Psymposia co-founder, Brian Normand, and Dig curator, Russell Hausfeld. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )