Medicare for All Should Be a Reality Today

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 20, 2020 "People with low or moderate incomes do not get the same medical attention as those with high incomes." President Harry Truman in 1945. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There Is No Donald J. Trump Without William F. Buckley

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 1, 2019 An in-depth look at a debate between James Baldwin and the conservative thinker reveals pressing truths about racism in modern America. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )

The Real Charles Manson

Dan O'Sullivan / Truthdig Sep 11, 2019 Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" offers a revisionist take on the California cult leader, but it's hardly the first. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: The GOP Is Reviving One of Its Favorite Scams

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Jan 2, 2019 Time and again, Republicans have run up the deficit on behalf of their donors, only to use it as pretext to slash the social safety net. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Nauseating Spectacle of George H.W. Bush’s Funeral

Dan O'Sullivan / Truthdig Dec 7, 2018 Pundits and politicians have transformed the 41st president into a paragon of virtue. All it took was a willful ignorance of history. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Denouncing the Republican Party

Allen Barra / Truthdig Nov 23, 2018 "My ideology has come into contact with reality," conservative Max Boot writes in his new book, "and reality is winning." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Despite Cancer, McCain Maintains His Maverick Ways

MELISSA DANIELS / The Associated Press Jun 16, 2018 The six-term senator and Vietnam War vet is one of the few Republican voices to publicly rebuke Trump administration decisions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

For Trump’s Opponents, Electability Is the Key Principle

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 19, 2018 Democrats are focused on pragmatism, so they can take hold of at least one house of Congress to provide a real check on the president's abuses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Prognosis: America 2018

Fangman Michael / Truthdig Feb 13, 2018 Knowledge, organized and available to all motivated voters, can win out. Then we can get our country back. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What They Learned From Roger Stone, the Dark Lord of Lobbying

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Dec 4, 2017 The directors of "Get Me Roger Stone" recall their documentary journey with the man who plotted Donald Trump's rise. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ava DuVernay’s ’13th’ Signals Beginning of a Mass Awakening for Black America

Sarah Wesley / Truthdig Feb 4, 2017 The 2016 documentary has given a voice to African-Americans, who now have more tools to fight for truth and justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Never Trumpers in Suburbia Remain a Problem for the Republican Establishment

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 30, 2016 Donald Trump is not yet in Barry Goldwater territory, and might never get there. But he threatens to create another GOP voting catastrophe everywhere outside the Deep South. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )