Our Kids

By Patrick Walsh Mar 4, 2016 This is a book about choices that have changed the United States from a place “that offered decent opportunity for all the kids in town” to a place that is increasingly divided between those who have almost everything and those who have almost nothing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Dreams of America: Work in Progress

Lena Herzog / Truthdig Sep 5, 2014 Can the American imaginary be depicted? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

John Oliver Puts His Finger on the Reason Income Inequality Is So Prevalent in the U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2014 "Just because politicians can't talk about income inequality," the "Last Week Tonight" host starts on one of his characteristic rants, "doesn't mean we shouldn't." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert: Child Immigration Influx Clearly Obama’s Plot to Tip Voting Scales

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 28, 2014 Obviously the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. border after having journeyed all the way from Central America have been brought in by President Obama in hopes they'll grow up to vote him in again in a few years. That doesn't sound crazy at all, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Killed the American Dream

By Mike Whitney, CounterPunch Feb 8, 2014 Here's your shining city on the hill in a nutshell: a privately owned gulag where petty drug offenders are locked up for life so some chiseling hedge fund manager can report record profits to his shareholders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Dem vs GOP American Dream

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Feb 3, 2014 Dig deeper

The Dream Did Not Come Free

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 22, 2013 We forget that the majestically peaceful assemblage that moved a nation came in the wake of brutal resistance to civil rights and equality. And that there would be more to come. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Walls

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Aug 4, 2013 Dig deeper

Where Women Can Have It All

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2012 While Mitt Romney tries to make us believe socialism is evil, working mothers in France are evidence to the contrary; several stories about employers insisting their employees vote for Romney have come to light; meanwhile, activists in Guatemala are peacefully protesting mining in San José del Golfo in spite of violence against them. These discoveries and more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Beautiful Dreamer

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 10, 2012 Dig deeper

Recap: Democratic National Convention Day 1

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 5, 2012 Highlights of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, including speeches by first lady Michelle Obama and keynote speaker Julian Castro, plus a video tribute to Ted Kennedy that included a not-so-subtle swipe at Mitt Romney. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

American Pipe Dream

Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons Apr 14, 2012 Dig deeper