By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNetSep 6, 2016
"You might take a look at that word 'Americanism,' " says the renowned linguist. "It's the kind of term that you only find in totalitarian societies." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNetAug 24, 2016
The Vermont senator returns to the political stage to take up a difficult challenge: keeping alive the national grass-roots momentum that led millions to support him in the presidential nominating contests. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Kali Holloway / AlterNetAug 21, 2016
Healthy-eating crusades and animal welfare campaigns haven't been able to sway the carnivorous masses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Michael Hayne / AlterNetAug 18, 2016
The sketchy relationship between the New Jersey governor and the Republican presidential nominee took a new twist after a New York Times report showed that Trump's $30 million casino tax debt, something New Jersey officials fought endlessly to collect, suddenly was slashed after Christie took office in 2010. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 7, 2016
The United States has returned to aerial bombing in Libya on Islamic State sites, a mission that's almost guaranteed to spread more misery across North Africa. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 4, 2016
Hope about American politics is hard to come by. But because cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies, let some of the year's progressive victories stir us to work harder than ever to make our democracy real for all Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNetJul 31, 2016
The renowned MIT professor, having heard for 60 years about the threat of supercomputers, says to come back to him when robots are as creative as a 4-year-old. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 26, 2016
From the floor of the Republican National Convention to the online pages of the Blue Lives Matter Facebook community, it is now commonplace for public officials, police and first responders to openly declare war on Black Lives Matter—the civil rights movement of our times. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 26, 2016
The soldiers in Bernie Sanders’ political revolution took to the streets of Philadelphia by the thousands on Monday as swaths of his 1,850 delegates inside the Democratic Convention hall also made their displeasure known on the first night of the party’s national convention. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNetJul 20, 2016
The 2016 GOP platform would make Christianity the official American religion, replace sex education with abstinence-only advice for teenagers, privatize almost all areas of federal services, cut taxes and regulations for the rich and titans of industry, and more. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
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