Russell Brand: Capitalists and Corrupt Media Profit From Denying Climate Change

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 20, 2014 The "Trews" host challenges his viewers to question who benefits from the denial of global warming and invites everyone to join one of 2,000 climate change marches occurring all over the globe Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘My Party Has Lost Its Soul’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 28, 2014 In a Salon review Sunday of Ralph Nader's spring 2014 book "Unstoppable," Bill Curry, former White House counselor to President Bill Clinton, takes Democrats led by Clinton and Barack Obama to task for making their party an indentured servant of Wall Street and gifting economic populism to the right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Al Gore’s Warnings About Inequality and Democracy

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 14, 2014 The former vice president recently told a tech industry conference when "95 percent of all the additional national income in the U.S., since the recovery began in ’09, goes to the top 1 percent, that's not an Occupy Wall Street slogan, that's a fact." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Goodbye Net Neutrality, Hello Gilded Age Internet (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Jan 30, 2014 Dig deeper

Gore Criticizes NSA Surveillance, Maher Slams Entrenched Congress, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Iran elects a new president and the latest Gallup poll reveals which societal institution Americans have the least amount of confidence in. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Retired Supreme Court Justice Casts Doubt on Bush v. Gore

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 29, 2013 In an instance of too little and way too late, Sandra Day O'Connor appears to be having a case of buyer's remorse. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Al Gore Zeera

Signe Wilkinson Jan 6, 2013 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center’: One Fiscal Cliff Down, Boehner, and Al Gore’s Big Payday

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider the fiscal cliff deal and the issues it left untouched: the debt ceiling and the threat of “reform” to social services. They also dissect the re-election of John Boehner as speaker of the House as well as the FTC’s decision on Google and antitrust and anti-competition laws. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al-Jazeera Buys Current TV, Plans to Kill It

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2013 The Qatar-backed media network will phase out programming on the left-leaning, Al Gore-owned Current to make room for a new channel targeting American viewers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al Gore Calls Florida for Obama

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2012 As of 8 p.m. Pacific time, the state of Florida was still too close to call, but that didn't stop former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore from declaring that the state will go President Obama's way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Romney Fires Big Bird, Stewart Prepares for O’Reilly, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 5, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Romney tax double-speak, a shift in strategy for the Obama campaign and Al Gore's latest "theory." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Roots of Gore Vidal’s Discontent

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 2, 2012 Gore Vidal, the high-born author and activist who died Tuesday at the age of 86, was a man who had grand, democratic ambitions for his country -- a nation that became a pale, mocking imitation of the place he knew during his pre-World War II boyhood -- says his longtime friend Bob Carr, the current Australian minister of foreign affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )