Seattle Socialist Councilwoman Kshama Sawant Debates Breitbart Editor

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 13, 2014 If you're looking to get depressed, listen to a crowd of Seattle residents cheer a couple of conservatives demanding that their fellow Americans be deprived of a measly $6 raise in the minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Documentary on Teen Bullies Gets the NC-17 Treatment (Audio Fixed)

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The end of Andrew Breitbart, the week in politics and movie theater owners threaten to treat a documentary about bullies as an NC-17 filmcom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: The end of Andrew Breitbart, the week in politics and movie theater owners threaten to treat a documentary about bullies as an NC-17 film. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Documentary on Teen Bullies Gets the NC-17 Treatment

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The end of Andrew Breitbart, the week in politics and movie theater owners threaten to treat a documentary about bullies as an NC-17 film. Dig deeper

Right-Wing Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Dies

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2012 Over the course of his career as a conservative commentator, blogger and vigilant crusader against liberal bias, as he saw it, in the mainstream American media and in Hollywood, Andrew Breitbart pulled off a few high-profile alliances and at least one major takedown.Conservative commentator, blogger and anti-liberal crusader Andrew Breitbart is dead at the age of 43. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Comes the Revolution

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Andrew Breitbart, the publisher of Breitbart.com and a couple of other popular websites, set the tone for a program at the University of Southern California last Wednesday by calling George Stephanopoulus of ABC News a little rat with a runny nose. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Weiner Fesses Up, Says He Won’t Step Down

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2011 Another high-profile politician has learned about the perils of conducting a career -- or, in this case, extracurricular activities -- with the aid of modern technology. Yes, Rep. Anthony Weiner did send that risqué tweet, he admitted Monday, and it wasn't the only one. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Words From the Right: On Buckley and From Paul and Breitbart

Allen Barra / Truthdig May 27, 2011 As Campaign 2012 looms large, it's not exactly clear who or what will define the moment for conservatives -- has the Tea Party Express run out of steam? Who will emerge as their rightful leader? These three reads give us some idea of where they've been and where they might be headed.As Campaign 2012 looms large, it's not exactly clear who or what will define the moment for conservatives -- has the Tea Party Express run out of steam? Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

‘Electronic Brownshirts’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 18, 2011 Right-wing media personality Andrew Breitbart is the forceful advocate of the slew of deceptively edited videos that target and smear progressive individuals and institutions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Hitman Andrew Breitbart Targets Union-Friendly Professors

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2011 Andrew Breitbart, founder and publisher of America's premier right-wing smear outfit, BigGovernment.com, has released yet another candid cam hatchet job, this one supposedly showing two professors at the University of Missouri instructing students on how to use violence to further the goals of the labor movement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shirley Sherrod Strikes Back

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 The former U.S. Department of Agriculture official is suing conservative webmaster Andrew Breitbart for defamation. Sherrod was forced to resign after Breitbart posted a heavily edited video of a speech she gave, setting off a right-wing hullabaloo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACORN Changing Shape?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 Despite earlier reports that ACORN, the national coalition of community organizations that some conservatives love to hate, is effectively "dissolving as a national structure," an ACORN spokesperson told The American Prospect that the national network "still exists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )