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 )

America the Pariah

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jan 30, 2018 The U.S. culture of militarism represents the dark side of our exceptionalist project. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump’s ‘America First’ Security Strategy Imperils the U.S.

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Jan 10, 2018 The president's program renders the United States more unpopular and vulnerable to external threats and fans the flames of conflict in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

An Insubordinate President

Paul Street / Truthdig Nov 14, 2017 Our odd leader is playing a role traditionally held by foreign elites, and that’s posing a problem for a U.S. ruling class that must sell the illusion of American exceptionalism. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

High Crimes and Demeanors in the Age of Trump

Tom Engelhardt / Truthdig Aug 17, 2017 The politicians and pundits who once wouldn’t have hesitated to take credit for U.S. military domination are now placing the blame elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump Bet Americans Would Like His Un-Presidential Antics. He May Be Right.

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company Jul 16, 2017 Has America become one big con game? Looking at who's in the White House, it would seem so. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Apr 6, 2017 The use of chemical weapons in Syria is an atrocity, but American politicians' outrage draws on myths of American exceptionalism and erosion of political memory . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

An American Century of Carnage: Measuring Violence in a Single-Superpower World

By John W. Dower / TomDispatch Mar 29, 2017 Are we in an era of a “new peace”? Think again. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Conservative Pundit David Brooks Wants to Make America Great Again

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2017 Despite his aura of ideological balance, the columnist fails to acknowledge that Donald Trump's election was a consequence of policies Brooks enthusiastically promoted. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

It Can Happen Here. (In Fact, It Did.)

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jan 4, 2017 After the election, here was the shock for me: It turned out that I, too, was an American exceptionalist. I deeply believed that our country was simply too special for The Donald. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

On the Road With Our American Selves

By Mattea Kramer / TomDispatch Nov 23, 2016 After the fluorescent circus of Election 2016, I imagine what would be truly exceptional: an America that values all human life in the same way. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )