The Unaccountable Nation

By Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Mar 16, 2020 The U.S. is a perfect candidate for an ICC war crimes investigation. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Could This Be the End of American Exceptionalism?

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Jan 30, 2020 A new University of Cambridge study finds widespread dissatisfaction with America's political system has unleashed a wave of self-doubt. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Vivisection

By Jon Jeter Nov 8, 2019 A new book uses multiple instruments to dissect the illiberal American mind, returning always to Ground Zero: racism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

If Trump’s the Symptom, What’s the Disease?

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jun 17, 2019 The Donald clearly arrived on the scene as blowback from at least two things: an American imperium gone wrong and a new "gilded age." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Will the World End in Fire or in Flood?

David Bromwich / TomDispatch Jun 13, 2019 There is only one legitimate overriding question for governments today, but few leaders are willing to acknowledge it. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

When It Comes to Election-Meddling, Russians Learned From the Best

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch May 22, 2019 Though Americans might find it hard to believe, we weren’t the first country to have an election interfered with by an intrusive foreign power! Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

3 Disturbing Reasons Trump Could Win Again

Paul Buccheit / Common Dreams May 13, 2019 Liberals want to believe America won't make the same mistake twice. We underestimate our capacity for self-delusion, fear and nationalism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America Is Exceptional—in All the Wrong Ways

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Mar 21, 2019 What’s so unique about the United States is this: It stands alone among historical hegemons in denying the very existence of its empire. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pain of the Purchase

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The Chomsky Challenge for Americans

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 13, 2018 Monstrous U.S. war crimes since the early 1950s have gone down George Orwell's "memory hole." Now, we have no concept of empathy—or reality. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

No Cards Left to Play but the Threat of Armageddon

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Mar 15, 2018 U.S. politics in the era of imperial decline will be nasty, stupid, petty and racist—just as we are already experiencing. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Original Sin

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 3, 2018 Our society descended from colonial Virginia's sinister caste system, in which race, class, labor and slavery were inextricably linked. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )