Only Sanders Can Challenge Trump’s Predatory Budget Plan

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Feb 13, 2020 The budget proposal offers a terrifying preview of what we can expect from Trump if he wins another four years in office. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pete Buttigieg Lets Slip His Austerity Agenda

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Feb 10, 2020 The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, draws fire for claiming it's "not fashionable in progressive circles" to talk about the deficit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Largest Protests in Iraqi History Are a Rejection of Bush

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 4, 2019 Iraqis are demanding an end to corruption and sectarianism, while also objecting U.S. troops and Iranian influence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Worldwide Revolution Is Underway

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 31, 2019 From Chile to Iraq, popular uprisings against austerity and corruption are spreading like wildfire at a crucial point in history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Side With Chile’s and Ecuador’s Oppressors

Lucas Koerner / FAIR Oct 24, 2019 Working people are rising up against austerity, yet our political press only sees fit to describe the threat they pose to law and order. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Link Between Austerity and Our Global Mental Health Crisis

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jun 24, 2019 A U.N. health expert warns increasing inequality is taking a steep psychological toll on the U.S., the U.K. and nations across the West. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Carter’s Cage of Crisis

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jun 8, 2019 The 39th president was denied a second term largely by issues beyond his control—a bad economy and foreign tumult—and not by his own failings. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Socialists Win Spain Election, Far-Right Emerges as Player

ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON / The Associated Press Apr 28, 2019 Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party leads fractured vote but must rely on others to keep power. The new far-right Vox party breaks through. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brazilian Critics Blame Government Austerity for National Museum Fire

Jon Queally / Common Dreams Sep 3, 2018 For years, officials ignored calls to upgrade the facility. One O Globo columnist calls the tragedy "a sort of national suicide." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Evidence Is In, and Austerity Is Declared a Loser

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 15, 2018 The last decade has been a triumph for Keynesian economics, argues The Week’s Ryan Cooper. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Beware the Democrats and Their Good Billionaires

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Jun 8, 2018 Outgoing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s political prospects may have dimmed, but his genre of bogus austere responsibility lives on in his party of choice. Dig deeper ( 5 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 )