Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants Serving Posh Montecito

JULIE WATSON / The Associated Press Jan 20, 2018 Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from migrant families working in service jobs in the largely white and wealthy Pacific Coast town of 9,000. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 13, 2018 Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Could Be Trump’s Kryptonite

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 12, 2018 The California politician does not like where the U.S. is headed and may run for president in 2020 to change the country's course. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The American Dream

Joep Bertrams / Cagle Cartoons Jul 6, 2017 Dig deeper

John Paul DeJoria: Separating the 1 Percent From the 99 Percent Is a ‘Bunch of Bullshit’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jun 24, 2017 A new documentary called “Good Fortune” provides the once-homeless hair care billionaire’s primer on how the superrich can contribute to society and still be superrich. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Making of a Nation’s Decline

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jun 16, 2017 President Trump is giving America's tottering domestic and global systems the push that will send them over the edge. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump’s Budget: ‘It Doesn’t Make Any Economic Sense’

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2017 The Nobel Prize-winning economist joins Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! to discuss the president's $4.1 trillion budget, which was unveiled Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky Looks at How the System Is Rigged to Ensure That Corporations Always Win

By Noam Chomsky / Moyers and Company May 17, 2017 The philosopher's new book, "Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power," is a primer in his analysis of the faults of the American political and economic system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Electra’ Shatters the American Myth

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 24, 2017 The Truthdig columnist and RT host explains that a culture saturated with artifice and false promises of success and happiness doesn't easily accommodate the ideas the playwright dramatized onstage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Culture of Cruelty in Trump’s America

By Henry A. Giroux / Truthout Mar 22, 2017 The repressive state and market apparatus of the 19th century have returned with a vengeance, producing new levels of aggression and violence in U.S. society. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Exposing the Myth of the American Dream (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2017 A new two-part video documentary reveals the divided nature of the United States—and the dissatisfaction with corporate power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nixon Effect, The Money Cult, Ratf**ked

Allen Barra / Truthdig Jan 27, 2017 These three books, published well before the election, offer insight into what happened and why. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )