Why This Isn’t the Time for a Public Health Insurance Option or Medicare for Some

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2017 To begin to solve the health care crisis, we need a system based on health and the money to pay for it. House Resolution 676 is the model for that system. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rep. Alan Grayson Explains How to Keep Bernie Sanders’ Movement Going

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2016 The Florida congressman, who is running for a Senate seat, talks trade deals, corporate manipulation and the failures of the Democratic Party. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rep. Alan Grayson Says to U.S. Progressives: Don’t Flee to Canada–Stay and Fight

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 4, 2016 While Republicans debated the size of Donald Trump’s endowments Thursday evening, Florida Rep. Alan Grayson urged anxious progressives to stand their ground in the event that Republicans take the White House this fall. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

For Nader, Defiance Is a Way of Life

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 13, 2015 Our democracy may be farce, our citizens may be entranced by electronic hallucinations and our ecosystem may be collapsing, but the longtime gadfly, armed with his 50-year-old typewriter, will not give up. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Looking Back on 2014’s Truthdiggers of the Week

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2014 Every week the Truthdig editorial staff selects a Truthdigger of the Week, a group or person worthy of recognition for speaking truth to power, breaking the story or blowing the whistle. Here are 10 Truthdiggers from 2014 we think are worth reflecting upon at the end of the year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

First Federal Media Shield Legislation Passes House of Representatives

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 5, 2014 Late in May, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to an appropriations bill that would bar the Justice Department from compelling reporters to reveal the identities of and other information about their confidential sources. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Alan Grayson (pictured). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2014 An amendment adopted by a House committee would, if enacted, take a step toward removing the National Security Agency from the business of meddling with encryption standards that protect security on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Alan Grayson (Video)

BLANK Mar 22, 2014 If the Democratic Party has an honorable future in America, it lies with firebrands of populism like Alan Grayson. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Would Holder Prosecute Greenwald? A Blurry Answer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 18, 2013 An inquiry by Florida Congressman Alan Grayson compelled Attorney General Eric Holder to state that "any journalist who's engaged in true journalistic activities is not going to be prosecuted by [the U.S.] Justice Department." But as civil liberties journalist Glenn Greenwald points out, the assertion is riddled with caveats. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Grayson and the Klan

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Oct 28, 2013 Dig deeper

Rep. Alan Grayson to Congress: Reject ‘Warmongering’ and Focus on Problems at Home

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 5, 2013 In the wake of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's voting 10 to 7 to authorize strikes on Syria, Florida Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson told "Democracy Now!" on Thursday: "I am very disturbed by this general idea that every time we see something bad in the world, we should bomb it. … The president has criticized that mindset, and now he has adopted it. It’s simply not our responsibility to act alone and punish this." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Raytheon Says Let’s Go to War!

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2013 The weapon manufacturer's stock surged roughly 10 percent while American war drums for Syria crescendoed over the past two months. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., recognizes the jump as an unambiguous reminder that profit is a cause for the war President Obama seems prepared to make. "Nobody wants this except the military-industrial complex," he said on a radio show Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )